Food For Thought
Food For Thought
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
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July 2, 04:17 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
JOHANNES BOUMAN
1601 - 1658
STILL LIFE OF FRUIT IN A KRAAK BOWL, ON A LEDGE
signed Boumann fec (lower right)
oil on panel
panel: 23 ¼ by 29 ¼ inches (59 by 74.3 cm)
framed: 30 by 35 ½ inches (76.2 by 90.2 cm)
Private collection, New York, 1952
Victor Spark, New York, by 1963
Private collection, 1965 (acquired from the above; sold: Sotheby's, New York, January 14, 1988, lot 98)
Acquired by the present owner at the above sale
W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1979, vol. I, n.p., pl. 178, illustrated
E. Coatalem, 17th Century Still-Life Painting in France, Dijon, France, 2014, pp. 132-133, illustrated
New Orleans, Louisiana, Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, Fêtes de la Palette, November 1962 - January 1963, no. 21
Flint, Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, 1966
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, 1973 - 1987 (on loan)
Jean-Jacques Bauman was born in Strasbourg and adopted the Dutch form of his name when he relocated to Amsterdam in or before 1622. He drew inspiration from German still life painters like Georg Flegel, as well as from Dutch and Flemish artists like Ambrosius Bosschaert. Bouman specialized in food still lifes and included luxury items from the far East like the present kraak bowl. The same bowl appears frequently in the artist's work, suggesting that he had enough financial success to own such an item.