MARTIN VAN DORNE | A Trompe L'œil of Swags of Fruit and Flowers Pinned to a White Wall Together with Moths and Other Insects
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Martin van Dorne
LEUVEN 1736 - 1808
A TROMPE L'ŒIL OF SWAGS OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS PINNED TO A WHITE WALL TOGETHER WITH MOTHS AND OTHER INSECTS
signed, located and dated lower left: M. van Dorne / Lovaniensis F. / 1770.
oil on canvas
67.6 x 85.7 cm.; 26 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.
PROVENANCE
Barbara, Countess of Shaftesbury, 1822 (according to an inscription on the reverse of the original canvas);
Sir Henry Webb Bart., by 10 November 1857 (according to a label on the reverse);
Lady Naomi Mitchison;
With Rafael Valls Ltd., London, from whom purchased by
Mrs. Barbara Overland, Mont Pellier, Jersey;
By whose Executors sold, London, Christie's South Kensington, 17 June 2015, lot 181 for £23,750 ($37,000);
Where acquired by the present owner.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Though little is known about the details of Martin van Dorne’s life, this still life painter clearly achieved great success in his lifetime – in 1779 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine elected him as his court painter, and in 1800 he co-founded the academy of his native town Leuven.
LEUVEN 1736 - 1808
A TROMPE L'ŒIL OF SWAGS OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS PINNED TO A WHITE WALL TOGETHER WITH MOTHS AND OTHER INSECTS
signed, located and dated lower left: M. van Dorne / Lovaniensis F. / 1770.
oil on canvas
67.6 x 85.7 cm.; 26 5/8 x 33 3/4 in.
PROVENANCE
Barbara, Countess of Shaftesbury, 1822 (according to an inscription on the reverse of the original canvas);
Sir Henry Webb Bart., by 10 November 1857 (according to a label on the reverse);
Lady Naomi Mitchison;
With Rafael Valls Ltd., London, from whom purchased by
Mrs. Barbara Overland, Mont Pellier, Jersey;
By whose Executors sold, London, Christie's South Kensington, 17 June 2015, lot 181 for £23,750 ($37,000);
Where acquired by the present owner.
CATALOGUE NOTE
Though little is known about the details of Martin van Dorne’s life, this still life painter clearly achieved great success in his lifetime – in 1779 Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine elected him as his court painter, and in 1800 he co-founded the academy of his native town Leuven.