Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property from the Collection formed by the late Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann
Pieter Claesz.
Still life with oysters, a roemer, a wine glass, bread roll and olives
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December 9, 02:36 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
Lot Details
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Property from the Collection formed by the late Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann
Pieter Claesz.
Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem
Still life with oysters, a roemer, a wine glass, bread roll and olives
signed with monogram and dated centre right: PC 1642
oil on panel, marouflaged
unframed: 60 x 50 cm.; 23⅝ x 19¾ in.
framed: 78.6 x 67.7 cm.; 31 x 26⅝ in.
Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesmann, Brasschaat;
Thence by descent to the present owners.
Pieter Claesz. was one of the inventors and foremost proponents of the so-called 'breakfast piece' (Banketjestukken) – still-life arrangements of relatively modest foodstuffs and wine, positioned on a ledge, often with pewter vessels and large glass roemers – along with Willem Claesz. Heda, during the 1630s and ’40s. Such arrangements – which are borne out of the perennial Dutch and Flemish preoccupation with vanitas themes – are also characterised by a limited range of tones used to depict the objects in an almost monochrome palette that allows for the skillful rendering of different surfaces and their tonalities according to the source and strength of light. The red wine in the present painting is all the more striking in its contrast to the other colours used in the design.
Another version of this composition, also dated 1642 (or possibly 1647) is recorded in a private collection, United Kingdom. Two copies also exist: the painting in the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig (inv. no. 998), and the work sold at Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 23 April 1979, lot 33.