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Pieter van den Bosch
Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Pieter van den Bosch
- Still life of roses, lilies, tulips, an iris and other flowers resting on a table, with a bunch of grapes on a silver platter and another bunch of grapes in a blue and white porcelain bowl
- oil on canvas
- 27 by 21 7/8 in.; 68.6 by 55.5 cm.
Provenance
Lewis and Simmons, New York, 1923;
George Balch;
Dewitt Balch, Cincinnati;
A.B. Closson Jr. Company, Cincinatti, from whom acquired in 1977 by the father of the previous owners;
By whom anonymous sold ("Property from a Family Collection"), New York, Sotheby's, 26 May 2005, lot 38;
There purchased by the present collector.
George Balch;
Dewitt Balch, Cincinnati;
A.B. Closson Jr. Company, Cincinatti, from whom acquired in 1977 by the father of the previous owners;
By whom anonymous sold ("Property from a Family Collection"), New York, Sotheby's, 26 May 2005, lot 38;
There purchased by the present collector.
Exhibited
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1973 (as Jan van Huysum).
Condition
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
This work has not been recently restored, but it could be hung in its current state if the varnish were freshened. The complex paint layer is dull and slightly abraded in the still life itself. If the picture is cleaned, further weakness would become apparent, particularly in the background. The work has been expanded very slightly by half an inch or so across the top and bottom edge. Old fillings are noticeable here, and there is an uneven texture on the top edge above the tulip that could be addressed.
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
When last sold in 2005 (see provenance), Fred Meijer endorsed the attribution of this still-life to Pieter (II) van den Bosch, based first on photographs and later on firsthand inspection. The artist is first recorded in 1645 in Amsterdam where he was working under contract for the well-known collector Marten Kretzer; he is last recorded there in October, 1660. By December, 1633 he was living in London from where he acted as an agent. Pieter (II) van den Bosch is now identified as the painter of a number of still lifes that, in the past, have been given to Paulus van den Bosch.1
1. see N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, 1980, vol. II, pp. 14-15, nos. 32, 34 and 35).
1. see N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, 1980, vol. II, pp. 14-15, nos. 32, 34 and 35).