Old Masters Day Sale
Old Masters Day Sale
The Property of a Gentleman
Auction Closed
December 5, 12:50 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Gentleman
WILLEM KALF
Rotterdam 1619 - 1693 Amsterdam
Barn interior with an old woman and still life of vegetables
signed and dated upper left: KALF 1644·
oil on copper
16.5 x 13.9 cm.; 6½ x 5½ in.
Private collection, The Netherlands, before 1977;
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Christie's, 2 December 1977, lot 43;
With Robert Noortman Gallery, London and Maastricht, April 1978–81 (advertised in Die Weltkunst, 1981, no. 17);
Private collection, United States, by 1994;
With S. Galitch, Nyon, 1994;
With P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 20 October 2000;
With David Koetser, Zurich and New York, 6 April 2003 – 2006.
F.G. Meijer, 'Katalog der Werke von Willem Kalf', in Gemaltes Licht. Die Stilleben von Willem Kalf 1619–1693, F.G. Meijer, J. Giltaij and P. van den Brink (eds), exh. cat., Rotterdam 2006, p. 161, cat. no. A6, reproduced p. 160.