Old Master Paintings

Old Master Paintings

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 77. THE PSEUDO-SIMONS |  A STILL LIFE WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT, PEACHES AND GRAPES ARRANGED IN A TAZZA, FRAISES-DE-BOIS IN A KLAPMUTS, A PEELED LEMON, AND A CHAFFINCH ALL ON A STONE PLINTH, WITH ROSES, TULIPS, GUELDER-ROSES, IRISES AND PEONIES ON THE GROUND BELOW.

Property of a Private Swiss Collection

THE PSEUDO-SIMONS | A STILL LIFE WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT, PEACHES AND GRAPES ARRANGED IN A TAZZA, FRAISES-DE-BOIS IN A KLAPMUTS, A PEELED LEMON, AND A CHAFFINCH ALL ON A STONE PLINTH, WITH ROSES, TULIPS, GUELDER-ROSES, IRISES AND PEONIES ON THE GROUND BELOW

Lot Closed

September 23, 02:14 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property of a Private Swiss Collection

THE PSEUDO-SIMONS

active in Antwerp during the late 17th century

A STILL LIFE WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT, PEACHES AND GRAPES ARRANGED IN A TAZZA, FRAISES-DE-BOIS IN A KLAPMUTS, A PEELED LEMON, AND A CHAFFINCH ALL ON A STONE PLINTH, WITH ROSES, TULIPS, GUELDER-ROSES, IRISES AND PEONIES ON THE GROUND BELOW


oil on canvas

unframed: 124.4 x 101.4 cm.; 49 x 40 in.

framed: 146 x 123 cm.; 57½ x 48⅜ in.


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Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Sotheby's, 4 April 1984, lot 254 (as attributed to Jan Pauwel Gillemans), where acquired by the father of the present owner.

A very similar painting by the artist, with an additional parakeet on the edge of the stone plinth and with the chaffinch in flight, sold at Sotheby's, London, 11 July 2002, lot 137 (oil on canvas, 127 x 99 cm.).1


1 https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2002/old-master-paintings-part-two-l02112/lot.137.html?locale=en