By Land and By Sea, The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
Dutch School, 17th Century
Still life of fish on a wooden table
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October 21, 05:02 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
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By Land and By Sea, The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong
Dutch School, 17th Century
Still life of fish on a wooden table
inscribed, lower left: i H. fecit
oil on panel
panel: 28⅞ by 43½ in.; 73.3 by 110.5 cm.
framed: 37½ by 52 in.; 95.3 by 132.1 cm.
Please note this lot is guaranteed.
With Rene Millet, Paris (inv. no. 39/39);
Anonymous sale, Paris, Beaussant Lefèvre, 10 December 1999, lot 15;
Where acquired by the present collector.
Anonymous sale, Paris, Beaussant Lefèvre, 10 December 1999, lot 15;
Where acquired by the present collector.
This piscatorial still life features an assortment of fish, including a salmon steak, as well as a small conch shell, all arrayed on a wooden table. Though the monogram "i H." refers to an artist who remains to be identified, the painting was likely painted in mid-seventeenth-century Holland.