Jan van Os
Still life of fruit and flowers, roses, morning glory, an iris and other flowers, with grapes, peaches, pears, a pineapple and other fruit, and a mouse, butterflies, snails and other insects, on a stone ledge
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December 15, 02:33 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jan van Os
Middelharnis 1744 - 1808 The Hague
Still life of fruit and flowers, roses, morning glory, an iris and other flowers, with grapes, peaches, pears, a pineapple and other fruit, and a mouse, butterflies, snails and other insects, on a stone ledge
signed lower right:. Jan Van. Os. fecit
oil on canvas
unframed: 80.5 x 65.3 cm.; 31¾ x 25¾ in.
framed: 87 x 82.7 cm.; 34¼ x 32½ in.
Anonymous sale, Oxford, Mallams, 13 February 2008, lot 299 for £29,406;
Where acquired by the present owner.
When this painting was offered for sale in 2013 the attribution to Van Os was endorsed by Fred Meijer, then of the RKD, who considered it to be an early work and probably dating to the late 1760s.1
1 Christie's, London, 3 July 2013, lot 162.
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