Grasset Collection

Lot 29. Nicolaes van Verendael (Antwerp 1640 - 1691), Still life of roses, tulips, Spanish jasmine, morning glories, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a ledge, signed lower right: n.v.verendael f, oil on canvas, 39 x 27.8 cm. Lot sold: 100,800 GBP (Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.  Property from the Grasset Collection. Provenance: Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Co., 19 June 1913, lot 21 (as School of Jan... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 27. Jan van Kessel (Antwerp 1626 - 1679), Still life of tulips, roses, poppy anemones and an iris in a glass vase, signed lower right: J: V. kessel. fecit., oil on panel (including vertical additions of 2 cm. on the left and right margins), 52 x 36 cm. Lot sold: 453,600 GBP (Estimate: 120,000 - 180,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.  Property from the Grasset Collection. Provenance: With Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1955;With A. Staal, Amsterdam;Dr.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 26. Jacob van Hulsdonck (Antwerp 1582 - 1647), Still life with a bunch of grapes and a peeled lemon on a ledge, signed lower left: IVHVLSDONCK·FE· (IVH in ligature), oil on oak panel, 26.9 x 39.2 cm.; 10⅝ x 15½ in. (including a horizontal strip of approx. 0.5 cm. on the lower margin). Lot sold: 100,800 GBP (Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.  Property from the Grasset Collection. Provenance: With Galerie Arnot, Vienna, inv. no.... [Lire la suite]

Lot 20. Osias Beert the Elder (Antwerp (?) circa 1580 (?) - 1624), Still life of tulips and an apothecary's rose in a stoneware vase, irises and lilies in a glass vase, together with roses, lilies, anemones, pansies, larkspur, borage and love-in-a-mist in a wicker basket and an oriental lacquer basket, all upon a table-top with cabbage white and red admiral butterflies and a dragonfly, oil on oak panel, 95.7 x 119.7 cm.; 37⅝ x 47⅛ in. Lot sold: 882,000 GBP (Estimate: 400,000 -... [Lire la suite]

Lot 18. Osias Beert the Elder (Antwerp (?) circa 1580 (?) - 1624), Still life of roses in an oriental lacquer and canework bowl, on a ledge with a butterfly and dragonfly, oil on oak panel, 43.1 x 57.6 cm.; 17 x 22¾ in. (including vertical strips of 2.7 and 5 cm. on the left and right margins, respectively); 46.3 x 65.9 cm.; 18¼ x 26 in. Lot sold: 630,600 GBP (Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's.  Property from the Grasset Collection. Provenance: Private... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 15. Floris Claesz. van Dijck (Delft 1575 – 1651 Haarlem), A uitgestald or ‘display piece’ still life of fruit and olives in various blue and white chinese export porcelain bowls, a Siegburg stoneware schnabelkanne, a bekerschroef silver-gilt rummer mount containing a berkemeijer conical rummer, a roemer, an upturned façon-de-Venise beaker with lion mask prunts, a stemmed flute, old and young cheese upon a pewter plate, a knife and various scattered fruits and nuts, all arranged upon a white... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Jan Davidsz. De Heem (Utrecht 1606 - 1683/4 Antwerp), Still life of flowers in a glass vase with insects and fruits in a stone niche, signed lower right: J.D.De Heem.R, oil on oak panel, 34.2 x 26.8 cm. Lot sold: 2,697,000 GBP (Estimate: 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 GBP). © 2022 Sotheby's. Property from the Grasset Collection. Provenance: Probably Philippe Lambert Joseph Spruyt (1727–1801), Ghent;His sale, Paris, J.G. Thierry, 11–13 May 1803, lot 32, for 107... [Lire la suite]