Old Master & 19th Century Paintings

Old Master & 19th Century Paintings

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Property from a European Private Collection

Elias van den Broeck

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.