Pieter Claesz.

Lot 69. Attributed to Pieter Claesz. (Burgsteinfurt 1597-1660 Haarlem), An upturned pewter jug, silver beaker, a candlestick with a pewter platter, a glass cup and cover, mustard pot and a vine on a draped table, oil on panel, 82.5 x 90cm (32 1/2 x 35 7/16in). Estimate: £20,000.00 - £30,000.00 (€ 22,000 - 34,000). © Bonhams. Provenance: With Sidney L. Moss, London, where purchased by the late owner in February 1947. Note: The upturned pewter jug and silver beaker in the present work also appear in a... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, about 1597–1660), Still Life with Wine Goblet and Oysters, 1639. Oil on panel, 50.2 x 70.1 cm (19 3/4 x 27 5/8 in.), Gift of Mrs. H. P. Ahrnke in memory of her great-aunt Mrs. Francis B. Greene, 56.883 © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Like many still-life painters, Claesz. favored particular kinds of objects. The plain foods that he painted—bread, fruit, and herring— were those found on the tables of all but the poorest families in the Dutch Republic. This composition also includes tobacco... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, about 1597–1660), Still Life with Silver Brandy Bowl, Wine Glass, Herring, and Bread, 1642. Oil on panel, 29.9 x 35.9 cm (11 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.), Bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright, 13.459 © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Claesz. specialized in the monochrome “breakfast piece,” a type of still life that presents the makings of a modest meal, primarily in related shades of muted green, gray, and brown. He usually approached his subject from a low vantage point, created a sense of depth by... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, about 1597–1660), Still Life with Stoneware Jug, Wine Glass, Herring, and Bread, 1642. Oil on panel, 29.8 x 35.8 cm (11 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.), Bequest of Mrs. Edward Wheelwright, 13.458 © 2018 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Claesz. specialized in the monochrome “breakfast piece,” a type of still life that presents the makings of a modest meal, primarily in related shades of muted green, gray, and brown. He usually approached his subject from a low vantage point, created a sense of depth by overlapping... [Lire la suite]

Lot 41. Pieter Claesz. (Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), Still life with a silver beaker and an overturned roemer, with bread, a knife and a lemon and olives on two pewter plates, signed with monogram and indistinctly dated centre left: PCH 16[4]2, oil on oak panel, 40 x 51.1 cm.; 15 3/4  x 20 1/8  in. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 GBP. Lot sold for £175,000 ($234,588). Photo: Sotheby's.  Provenance: T.S. Lean Esq. [according to label on reverse]; D. van der... [Lire la suite]

Abel Grimmer, (ca. 1570 Antwerp 1620), Five Allegories of the months of February, March, April, October and December . Oil on panel. Diameter of each 25 cm. Estimate CHF 500 000 / 700 000. Photo Koller. ZURICH.- Museum-quality artworks will come to auction during the September sales at Koller Zurich. A rare Renaissance panel depicting Venus and Cupid by Paolo Schiavo was formerly in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum, and later was shown in the exhibition “Art and Love in Renaissance Italy” at the... [Lire la suite]

Lot 15. Pieter Claesz. (Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), Still life of lemons and olives, pewter plates, a roemer and a façon-de-Venise wine glass on a ledge, signed in monogram and dated lower right: PC Ao .1629., oil on oak panel, 44.5 x 61 cm.; 17 1/2  x 24 in. Estimate 3,000,000 — 5,000,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's. Provenance: Private collection, England; With Leonard Koetser, London, 1959–60; In the possession of the present owner since 1972. Exhibited: Lohr am Main,... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Claesz. (Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), Still-life with an oil lamp, a pocket watch, an open song book, an overturned Roemer, a gilded covered cup and sea shells, all arranged on a table draped with a green cloth, signed with monogram and dated lower right: PC/ A 1629, oil on panel, the reverse branded with the clover leaf maker's mark of Michael Claessens (active 1590–1637), 35.5 by 63 cm.; 14 by 24 3/4  in. Estimate 300,000 — 400,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 68. Pieter Claesz. (Berchem vers 1596/1597 - 1660 Haarlem), Nature morte au mince pie, panier de raisins, pichet en étain et montre. Huile sur panneau, 71 x 96,5 cm ; 28 by 38 in. Estimate 40,000 — 60,000 EUR. Lot sold 219,000 EUR. Photo Sotheby's Note: Nous remercions Fred Meijer d'avoir confirmé l'authenticité de l'oeuvre d'après photographie. Selon Fred Meijer, il s'agit d'une oeuvre datable entre 1624 et 1625. Sotheby's. Tableaux, Sculptures et Dessins Anciens et du XIXe siècle. Paris,  17 juin... [Lire la suite]

Pieter Claesz. (Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem), Still life with a roemer, a roll, smoked herring, a watch, smoker's requisites, hazelnuts and a brazier, signed and dated on the edge of the table lower left: Pc (in compendium) Ao 162..5 or 6, oil on panel, oval, 11 1/2  by 15 3/8 in.; 29.3 by 39.2 cm. Estimate 400,000 — 600,000 USD. Unsold. Photo Sotheby's.  Provenance: With Leonard Koetser, London, 1965;Mr. A.S. Nolst Trenité, Rotterdam, 1967;David Koetser, 2006. Exhibition: London, Leonard Koetser, 1965... [Lire la suite]