Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Old Master & 19th Century Paintings
Property from a European Private Collection
Still life of flowers with ants in a glass vase
Lot Closed
April 5, 11:25 AM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a European Private Collection
Elias van den Broeck
Antwerp 1649/50–1708 Amsterdam
Still life of roses, poppies, morning glories, nasturtiums and other flowers with ants in a glass vase
signed lower right: E.V.D Broeck
oil on canvas
unframed: 63.4 x 49.6 cm.; 25 x 19½ in.
framed: 83.5 x 70 cm.; 32⅞ x 27½ in.
Count Joachim Ludwig Moltke (1857–1943), Lord Chamberlin, Denmark; (according to a card at the RKD)
His posthumous sale, Copenhagen, Winkel & Magnussen, 18 April 1944, lot 8; (according to a card at the RKD)
Carl Christian Brønnum Scavenius (b. 1946), Klintholm Manor, Denmark, circa 1960; (according to a card at the RKD)
James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Abercorn (b. 1934); (according to a card at the RKD)
By whom sold anonymously ('The Property of a European Nobleman'), London, Christie's, 2 December 1983, lot 57;
L.R. Bradbury; (according to a card at the RKD)
By whom sold anonymously ('Another Property'), London, Christie's, 4 December 1984, lot 2;
With Johnny van Haeften, London, 1985;
From whom presumably acquired by the present owner.