Floris van Schooten

D.M. Alewijn, by 1883;

His sale, Amsterdam, 16 December 1885, lot 86;

J.H.W. Lups, Kasteel Biljoen, Biljoen;

By whom sold ("l'ancienne collection du Chateau de Biljoen"), Amsterdam, Frederik Muller, 28 May 1918, lot 185;

J.M.P. Glerum (1879-1930), Amsterdam;

By whose estate offered, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 4 April 1933, lot 16;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 28 November 1933, lot 357;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 7 March 1961, lot 423;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 18 November 1985, lot 151;

Anonymous sale, Antwerp, Veilinghuis Bernaerts, 25 May 1999, lot 125;

Anonymous sale, Paris, Tajan, 9 December 1999, lot 49;

Where acquired by the present collector.

Warsaw, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Holenderska i flamandzka martwa natura XVII wieku, 1954, no. 43.

A. Bredius, Kunstler-Inventare, Urkunden zur Geschichte der hollandischen Kunst des XVI^ten, XVII^ten und XVIII^ten Jahrhunderts, The Hague 1917, vol. 5, p. 1611 note 1;

A. Chudzikowski, Holenderska i flamandzka martwa natura XVII wieku, exhibition catalogue, Warsaw 1954, cat. no. 43, reproduced plate 41;

P. Gammelbo, "Floris Gerritz van Schooten," in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 17, no. 1 (1966), p. 113, cat. no. 11, reproduced fig. 7.

This monumental kitchen scene, a genre in which Floris van Schooten excelled, features a well-dressed woman and her son beside a large wooden table laden with assorted foodstuffs and utensils. In addition to fish and game, the vittles include a flowering cabbage, an artichoke head, and several carrots, as well as a tub of apples. Brass and pewter cooking implements and vessels also fill the space and add surface luster to the composition. Offering a view of an additional kitchen space beyond, an aperture reveals a background where a domestic servant tends to household chores.