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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Sold without Reserve
Sold Without Reserve | PIETER VAN DEN BOSCH THE YOUNGER | A TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A SWAG OF GRAPES, PEARS, PEACHES, APPLES, PLUMS, AND BUTTERFLIES DECORATING A NICHE WITH A GLASS ROEMER
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June 11, 03:26 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Property from a Distinguished Private Collection, Sold without Reserve
PIETER VAN DEN BOSCH THE YOUNGER
Amsterdam circa 1612 - after 1663 London
A TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A SWAG OF GRAPES, PEARS, PEACHES, APPLES, PLUMS, AND BUTTERFLIES DECORATING A NICHE WITH A GLASS ROEMER
signed and dated lower center: P. v. Bosch . f 1654
oil on canvas, unframed
canvas: 40½ by 32⅝ in.; 102.9 by 82.9 cm.
Dr. Law Adam, Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 1928, lot 72 (as J.D. De Heem, to Collings);
Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 20 June 1989, lot 247 (as Paulus van den Bosch);
There acquired for $38,197.
The fruit still-life painter Pieter van den Bosch was active by 1645 in Amsterdam, where he probably completed the present work. Although little is known of his career, he moved to London by 1663 and it is thought that he is the same artist responsible for works once given to Paulus van den Bosch.
We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of images.