Master Paintings Part I
Master Paintings Part I
Property of a New York Private Collector
Gerard van Spaendonck
Still Life with Flowers in a Stone Vase on a Pedestal Carved with Putti; with a Basket of Flowers and a Dunnock's Nest
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January 26, 05:50 PM GMT
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1,500,000 - 2,000,000 USD
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Property of a New York Private Collector
Gerard van Spaendonck
Tilburg 1746 - 1822 Paris
Still Life with Flowers in a Stone Vase on a Pedestal Carved with Putti; with a Basket of Flowers and a Dunnock's Nest
signed lower right: G. van Spaendon[ck] (the last letters partly hidden by the bird's nest)
oil on canvas
canvas: 31¼ by 25 in.; 79.4 by 63.5 cm.
framed: 41⅛ by 34⅛ in.; 104.4 by 86.6 cm.
With M. Wolff, Amsterdam, before 1938;
With John Nicholson Gallery, New York, 1950;
With Schaeffer Galleries, New York, before 1956;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verner Reed, New York;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 3 June 1988, lot 145;
There acquired by Richard Green, London;
Private collection, England;
With Richard Green, London, 1999 - 2002;
From whom acquired by the present collector.
With John Nicholson Gallery, New York, 1950;
With Schaeffer Galleries, New York, before 1956;
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Verner Reed, New York;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 3 June 1988, lot 145;
There acquired by Richard Green, London;
Private collection, England;
With Richard Green, London, 1999 - 2002;
From whom acquired by the present collector.
M. van Boven and S. Segal, Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck, Twee Brabantse bloemenschilders in Parijs, The Hague 1980, p. 198, cat. no. 152, reproduced (additional reference on p. 223 in the 1988 edition);
S. Segal, ed., Flowers and Nature, exhibition catalogue, Amstelveen 1990, pp. 245-6, cat. no. 70, reproduced in color p. 117;
M. Roland Michel, The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, exhibition catalogue, Greenwich 2002, pp. 10-11, 42, cat. no. 4, reproduced (detail) p. 42.
S. Segal, ed., Flowers and Nature, exhibition catalogue, Amstelveen 1990, pp. 245-6, cat. no. 70, reproduced in color p. 117;
M. Roland Michel, The Floral Art of Pierre-Joseph Redouté, exhibition catalogue, Greenwich 2002, pp. 10-11, 42, cat. no. 4, reproduced (detail) p. 42.