Studio of Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerp 1626-1679) A basket of grapes, plums and peaches, with a melon and a squirrel eating nuts on a stone ledge; and A wan-li kraak bowl filled with tulips, roses, narcissi and other flowers, (2).
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Studio of Jan van Kessel the Elder (Antwerp 1626-1679)
A basket of grapes, plums and peaches, with a melon and a squirrel eating nuts on a stone ledge; and A wan-li kraak bowl filled with tulips, roses, narcissi and other flowers, with a parrot on a stone ledge
a pair, oil on copper
20 x 28cm (7 7/8 x 11in). (2).
Sold for £61,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • PROVENANCE:
    The Bardini Collection, Florence
    Their sale, 10 August 1947, whence acquired by the present owner's family and thence by descent

    The present paintings may be compared to a pair on copper (16.5 x 21.6 cm.), which was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 5 June 2008, lot 29. That pair and others by the same hand have traditionally been ascribed to Jan van Kessel the Younger. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorisches Documentatie, The Hague, believes this group may be by an, as yet, unidentified hand working in the studio of Jan van Kessel the Elder, possibly his son, Ferdinand van Kessel.

Category: Fine Art / Old Master Paintings

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