LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Size Notes:

16.5 x 13.9 cm.; 6.5 x 5.5 in.

Markings:

signed and dated upper left: KALF 1644·

Exhibited:

London, Robert Noortman Gallery, A selection of important paintings by old and modern masters from our 1981 collection, 1981, no. 9.

Literature:

F.G. Meijer, 'Katalog der Werke von Willem Kalf', in Gemaltes Licht. Die Stilleben von Willem Kalf 1619–1693, F.G. Meijer, J. Giltaij and P. van den Brink (eds), exh. cat., Rotterdam 2006, p. 161, cat. no. A6, reproduced p. 160.

Provenance:

Private collection, The Netherlands, before 1977;; Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Christie's, 2 December 1977, lot 43;; With Robert Noortman Gallery, London and Maastricht, April 1978–81 (advertised in <em>Die Weltkunst</em>, 1981, no. 17);; Private collection, United States, by 1994;; With S. Galitch, Nyon, 1994;; With P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 20 October 2000;; With David Koetser, Zurich and New York, 6 April 2003 – 2006.