Balthasar van der Ast

Still life of peaches, apples, grapes, quinces and pears on a Wanli kraak porcelain dish upon a stone ledge, with various kinds of seashells, a lizard and a rose, butterflies, a wasp and a dragonfly above

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July 5, 07:17 PM GMT

Estimate

100,000 - 150,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Grasset Collection

Balthasar van der Ast

Middelburg 1593/94–1657 Delft

signed lower right: B. vander. Ast.

oil on oak panel

60.5 x 81 cm.; 23⅞ x 31⅞ in.

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With Eugene Slatter, London, 1958;

Private collection, United Kingdom;

By whom offered anonymously ('The Property of a Gentleman'), Sotheby's, London, 8 December 1976, lot 73, unsold;

Acquired after the sale for the Grasset Collection.

London, Eugene Slatter Gallery, 1958 Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Masters, 6 May – 12 July 1958, no. 25;

San Diego, The San Diego Museum of Art, Brueghel to Canaletto, European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection, 2 April – 2 August 2016, no. 10;

Saint Petersburg, Florida, Museum of Fine Arts, A Feast for the Eyes, European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection, 23 March – 2 September 2019, no. 3.

L.J. Bol, The Bosschaert Dynasty. Painters of flowers and fruit, Leigh-on-Sea 1960, p. 87, no. 125 (66A);

F.G. Meijer, Brueghel to Canaletto, European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection, exh. cat., San Diego 2016, p. 15, no. 10, reproduced in colour;

S. Thomas, A Feast for the Eyes, European Masterpieces from the Grasset Collection, exh. cat., Saint Petersburg, Florida 2019, pp. 18–19, 94, no. 3, reproduced in colour.