Art du XVIIème siècle/17th century art

Lot 43. Fede Galizia (Milan 1578 - 1630), Still life of peaches, jasmine, and a spray of hyacinth in a metal fruit stand, with tulips and hazelnuts in the hull, all on a stone ledge, oil on panel, 12 1/4  by 17 in.; 31 by 43 cm. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Nygh collection, Rotterdam;Campagnano collection, Florence, by 1964;Anonymous sale, Milan, Porro & C., 26 May 2004, lot 36.  Exhibited: Naples, Palazzo Reale; Zurich, Zurich Art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 49. Louise Moillon (Paris  1610 - 1696), Still life of a peaches in a bowl standing on a wooden box on a ledge, an apricot branch resting in the foreground, oil on canvas, 21 5/8  by 17 3/4 in.; 55 by 45 cm. Estimate 150,000 — 200,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Art market, Paris;There acquired by the present collector.  Exhibited: Turin, Fondazione Accorsi, L'incantesimo dei sensi: una collezione di nature morte del Seicento per il Museo... [Lire la suite]

Lot 44. Bartolomeo Cavarozzi, formerly known as the Master of the Acquavella still life (Viterbo, circa 1590-1625 Rome), Basket of fruit on a stone ledge, inscribed with an inventory number lower left (see note): 439, oil on canvas, 35 3/8  by 48 in.; 90 by 122 cm. Estimate 200,000 — 300,000 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Provenance: Almost certainly in the Barberini collection, Rome, before 1812.  Literature: A. Cottino (ed.), La Natura Morta al tempo di Caravaggio,... [Lire la suite]

Nikolaus Pfaff, Rhinoceros Horn Goblet with Lid, 1611. Horn of a white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum), tusks of an African warthog, silver gilt, partly painted, 59.7 x 27.5 cm. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. no. KK 3709. Baring its fangs, a gilded creature confronts the viewer with two monstrous horns erupting out of the sides of its head. Its body serves as a goblet, and dissolves in form into a recognizable stem characteristic of a drinking vessel. At its “foot”is a gilded silver base, tying the two... [Lire la suite]

Lot 194. Large vermeil cup and lid with decorations in relief, Juryen van Ham, Emden, 1603. Approximately 594g. Height 38cm. Estimate 25,000 - 30,000 EUR. Lot sold 48,000 EUR. © Van Ham Silver, applies. Repeatedly receeding circular foot with bulbous raised center, thereon a shaft in the shape of a vase with three small applied scroll motifs decorated with mascarons. The high cuppa cylindrically waisted in the middle. On the bulbous upper and lower parts ornamental bands with... [Lire la suite]

Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), A Rocky Landscape with a Tree and Two Figures, pencil and ink with white accents on panel. Photographer / Source Cecila Heisser/Nationalmuseum. STOCKHOLM.- Nationalmuseum has acquired a work by one of the foremost Italian artists of the seventeenth century, Salvator Rosa (1615-1673). The work belongs to a distinct and important category within Rosa’s artistic production, his panel drawings. With the acquisition, Nationalmuseum is now second only to the Pitti Palace in Florence in having such a... [Lire la suite]

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669): ‘Portrait of a Young Gentleman’ (oil on canvas, 94.5×73.5 cm). Photo: René Gerritsen/Jan Six Fine Arts. AMSTERDAM - As of Wednesday, May 16, the recently identified Rembrandt painting Portrait of a Young Gentleman, is on display in the Hermitage Amsterdam. Until Friday, June 15, the masterpiece will be exhibited temporarily in a separate hall in the Amstel wing.  The painting of an unknown young gentleman dates from around 1634 and may be part of a large double... [Lire la suite]

Lot 704. A gilt silver flower cup, Johann Reinhold Mühl (1654 - 92), Nuremberg, around 1670. H 16 cm, weight 95 g. Estimate: € 4,500 - € 4,800 © Lempertz Silver, driven, cast and engraved; gilded. Round arched foot and slender shaft with ornamental leaves. The foot and the constricted Kuppa with driven baroque flowers and acanthus. Brands: BZ Nuremberg, MZ Johann Reinhold Mühl (1654 - 92, GNM No. 593), Tremolierstich.   Lempertz. Auction... [Lire la suite]

Lot 703. A gilt silver Pyrbaum cup of the market court, Reinhold Rühl (1652-86), Nuremberg, around 1661-64. H 43 cm, weight 498 g. Estimate: € 10,000 - € 14,000 © Lempertz Silver, driven, cast and engraved; gilded. Strangled foot with six leafy floral humps; the slim shaft with three volutes and ornamental leaves. The constricted Kuppa and the slip lid accordingly. The coronation in the form of a standing Roman soldier, holding two shields with engraved crests: one... [Lire la suite]

Lot 702. A gilt silver Roemer beaker, Oswald Haußner (1637 - 71), Nuremberg, around 1645 - 50.  H 9.2 cm, weight 105 g. Estimate: € 10,000 - € 14,000 © Lempertz Silver; driven and engraved; gilded. On profiled stand ring and cylindrical shaft with diamond humps the matching Kuppa with smooth lip edge and finely punched vegetal decor. Brands: BZ Nuremberg around 1645 - 51, MZ Oswald Haußner (1637 - 71, GNM No. 18, 333), Tremolierstich.   Provenance: Former... [Lire la suite]