LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on oak panel

Measurements:

36.61 in. (93.00 cm.) (height) by 31.50 in. (80.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed probably signed with the artist's owl device on the lid of the pewter jug

Exhibited:

London, Leonard Koetser Gallery, Important Old Master Paintings, 3 October - 15 November 1975, no. 9 (as 'Willem Claesz. Heda'); Madrid, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Tesores de las colecciones particulares madrilènes, 1987 (as 'Willem Claesz. Heda'); Madrid, Sala de Exposiciones del BBV, El Haarlem de Frans Hals, 1994 (as 'Willem Claesz. Heda').

Literature:

P. de Boer, `J.J. den Uyl', in Oud Holland, 1940, vol. LVII, p. 63, no. f (as 'possibly by Jan Jansz. Den Uyl but known only from an old photograph').

Provenance:

Anonymous sale, Berlin, Lepke, 24 February 1903, lot 77 (as 'Willem Claesz. Heda'); Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 26 June 1970, lot 69 (as 'Willem Cleasz. Heda'), for 8,000 gns. to Peters; Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 1975, lot 63 (as 'Willem Claesz. Heda'), for £9,500; With Leonard Koetser Gallery, London, from whom acquired by the father of the present owners in 1975.