Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection
Balthasar van der Ast
A still life of shells, with a wasp and a caterpillar on a stone ledge; A still life with a variagated tulip, a sprig of of bluebells and a shell on a stone ledge with a fly and a butterfly
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Property from the Hans and Marion König Collection
Balthasar van der Ast
Middelburg 1593/94–1657 Delft
A still life of shells, with a wasp and a caterpillar on a stone ledge; A still life with a variagated tulip, a sprig of of bluebells and a shell on a stone ledge with a fly and a butterfly
the former, signed lower left: .B. vander. Ast.
the latter, signed lower left: B. . . vander. Ast.
a pair, both oil on copper
each unframed: 11.3 x 18.1 cm.; 4½ x 7⅛ in.
each framed: 22 x 28.6 cm.; 8⅝ x 11¼ in.
(2)
Comte Briard, Les Pavillons d'Ernée, 12 February 1884 (according to the Sotheby's sale catalogue of 1986);
Hendrik Piek-Ditmar (1879–1950), The Hague;
Thence by inheritance to his wife, Wilhelmina Hendrika Piek-van Ditmar (1881–1968), The Hague, until 1952;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, 9 May 1952, lots 80 and 81, for 350,000 French francs;
Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1986, lot 161;
Where acquired by David Koester, Zurich;
From whom acquired by Hans and Marion König, 1987.
Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Schöner als die Wirklichkeit. Die Stillleben des Balthasar van der Ast (1593/94–1657), 10 March – 5 June 2016, nos. 29a-b.
L.J. Bol, The Bosschaert Dynasty, Painters of flowers and fruit, Leigh-on-Sea 1960, pp. 76 and 80, nos. 53 and 80;
L.M. Helmus, Schilderkunst tot 1850, Utrecht 1999, p. 216, n.7;
M. Dlugaiczyk, in Die Stilleben des Balthasar van der Ast (1593/94–1657), S. Ayooghi, S. Böhmer and T. Trümper (eds), exh. cat., Aachen and Gotha 2016, pp. 178–80, nos. 29 a-b, reproduced in colour.
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