Lot 3056. Georg Flegel and probably Marten Van Valckenboch (Olmütz 1563 - 1638 Frankfurt am Main) (Löwen 1534 - 1612 Frankfurt am Main), Large still life with fruits, vegetables and flowers, also a couple in an interior. Circa 1610-15. Oil on canvas. 114.5 x 173 cm. Estimate CHF 300 000 / 500 000 (€ 277 780 / 462 960). Photo: Koller.

Expertise: - Prof. Ingvar Bergström, 3.3.1990 (as Georg Flegel for the objects and Marten van Valckenboch for the interior and the figures). 
- Prof. Claus Grimm, 2007 (as Jeremias van Winghen). 
- Dr. Fred G. Meijer, 3.9.2007 (as Georg Flegel and a member of the Valckenborch workshop after 1610).

Provenance: - probably collection of Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770), Swedish legate in Berlin.
- Collection of Gut Akerö, Sweden.
- Via inheritance, collection of Frederick Sparre, 1803.
- Via inheritance collection of Frederick Montgomery.
- Auction of Castle Montgomery, 1858.
- Collection of C. Arfwedson.
- Via inheritance, collection of Maria Th. Cederström, 1869.
- Via inheritance, private collection.
- Sotheby’s, London, 6.12.1989, Los 21 (as Jeremias van Winghen).
- European private collection.

Literature: - Bergström, Ingvar: Flower-Pieces of Radial Composition in European 16th and 17th Century Art, in: Album Amicorum J.G. van Gelder, The Hague 1973, pp. 22 – 26, fig. 1-11. 
- Bergström, Ingvar: Georg Flegel als Meister des Blumenstücks, in: Festschrift für Paul Pieper, Westfalen, 55, 1977, pp. 135 – 146. 
- Segal, Sam: A prosperous Past. The Sumptuous Still Life in The Netherlands 1600 – 1700, Amsterdam 1988, pp. 60-61 (as Jeremias van Winghen).
- Bergström, Ingvar / Wheelock, Arthur jr.: Exh. Cat. Still Life of the Golden Age, National Gallery, Washington 1989, No. 15, with ill. (as Georg Flegel and Marten van Valckenborch).
- Wettengl, Kurt / Seifertovà, Hana [et al.]: Exh. Cat. Georg Flegel – Stilleben, Frankfurt am Main 1993, pp. 58 - 61, No. 9 (as Georg Flegel und Marten van Valckenborch).
- Wettengl, Kurt: Georg Flegel, Stilleben, Frankfurt am Main 1993-1994, Cat. No. 9, p. 58 (with ill).
- Wettengl, Kurt / Seifertovà, Hana [et al.]: Ausst. Kat. Georg Flegel – Stilleben, Frankfurt am Main 1999, pp. 58-61, No. 9 (als Georg Flegel und Marten van Valckenborch (?)).

Exhibited: - Georg Flegel, 1566-1638: Stillleben, Historisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main / Nationalgalerie, Prague, 1993-1994, Cat. No. 9 (with ill.)
- Van Jan Steen tot Jan Sluijters, De smaak van Douwes, Leeuwarden, Fries Museum, 21.11.1998 - 21.2.1999, fig. 7.
- Feasts and Festivities, Galerie Virginie Pitchal, Paris, 2001.
- Over het genot van De Zintuigen in de schilderkunst, Tentoonstellingszaal Zwijgershoek, Sint-Niklaas, September 2012 - Jan 2013, Cat. pp. 75-77 with ill. p. 76.

Koller. Old Master Paintings - Friday 31 March 2017 02.00 PM