HIERONYMUS GALLE THE ELDER | TULIPS, ROSES, NARCISSI, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS, ORANGE BLOSSOM, AND IRISES IN A GILT URN UPON A TABLE-TOP
Auction Closed
January 30, 06:45 PM GMT
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
Lot Details
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HIERONYMUS GALLE THE ELDER
Antwerp 1625 - after 1679 Brussels (?)
TULIPS, ROSES, NARCISSI, CHRYSANTHEMUMS, CARNATIONS, ORANGE BLOSSOM, AND IRISES IN A GILT URN UPON A TABLE-TOP
oil on canvas
51¼ by 35½ in.; 130 by 90 cm.
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby's, 9 December 2004, lot 152;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Born in Antwerp, Hieronymus Galle traveled to Rome in 1661. This bountiful flower still life demonstrates his awareness of the mid-seventeenth century Roman still life tradition.
When last sold (see Provenance), Fred Meijer endorsed the attribution to Hieronymus Galle on the basis of photographs.