JOHANNES BOUMAN | STILL LIFE OF FRUIT IN A KRAAK BOWL, ON A LEDGE

New York art market, 1952

Victor Spark, New York, until 1965, when sold to private collector;

By whom sold, New York, Sotheby's, January 14, 1988, lot 98;

Where acquired.

W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1979, vol. I, reproduced pl. 178;

E. Coatalem, 17th Century Still-Life Painting in France, Dijon 2014, pp. 132-133, reproduced. 

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.