Still Life

Lot 13. Netherlandish school, circa 1615-1625, Still life of an illuminated manuscript, oil on panel, 27¾ by 25¾ in.; 70.5 by 65.5 cm. Estimate: 700,000 - 900,000 USD. © Sotheby's. Provenance: Private collection, France, since the late 19th century until recently acquired. Note: Against a stark black background, a monumentally scaled illuminated manuscript is the sole subject matter of this fascinating panel painting. The manuscript is staged in a captured moment in which its pages open to reveal its... [Lire la suite]

Lot 38. Neapolitan School, first half of the 17th century, attributed to Giacomo Recco, Still Life of Flowers in a Carafe, a Copper Basin with Glasses and Carafe, Fruit, Taralli and a Glass Bottle, oil on canvas, 39 3/4  by 51 1/8  in.; 101 by 130 cm. Estimate 80,000 — 120,000 USD. Lot sold 162,500 USD. Courtesy Sotheby's. Exhibited: Turin, Fondazione Accorsi, L'incantesimo dei sensi: una collezione di nature morte del Seicento per il Museo Accorsi, 30 November 2005 - 1... [Lire la suite]

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. Lot sold 75,000 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,... [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. Lot sold 275,000 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... [Lire la suite]

Lot 1051. Gerret Willemsz. Heda (1625 Haarlem - 1702 Haarlem), Still life with herring, roman, wanli dish and a bread. Oil on wood. 58 x 68 cm. Signed and dated lower right: Gerret Heda 1646. Estimate: € 100,000 - € 120,000. © Lempertz Provenance: Lepke, Berlin, Auction 4.4.1911, Lot 54. - Rudolf Isbary's Collection, Berlin. - Collection Baron Buschmann, Vienna 1924. - Galerie Sankt Lukas, Vienna 1959. - Austrian Private Collection. - Gallery Sankt Lukas, Vienna, Winter Exhibition 1998/99. - German private... [Lire la suite]

Lot 25. Alexander Coosemans (Antwerp 1627 - 1689), Still life with lemons, oysters and cherries; Still life with peaches and figs; the former signed upper left: Alexr. Coosemans.f.; the latter signed upper right: Alexr. Coosemens.f; a pair, both oil on oak panel, each: 34.5 x 24.7 cm.; 13 5/8  x 9 3/4  in. Estimate 15,000 — 20,000 GBP. Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. Provenance: Renato Magallaes Gouvea, São Paulo; Elías Gliksmanis, São Paulo; Thence by... [Lire la suite]

Lot 190. Osias Beert (c. 1580 - 1623/24), attributed, Fine still life with oysters, pastries, lemon and wine glass. Oil on panel. Parquetted, 32.5 x 47.5 cm. Estimate 45.000-55.000 €. Courtesy Hampel Note: A tabletop arranged on an image parallel, which extends beyond the edge of the picture, is composed of a fine still life with a sugar plant in a bag, as well as almonds, biscuits and dried fruits on a pewter plate. Next to it a glass of white wine and a pewter plate with opened... [Lire la suite]

Lot 3028. Carstian Luyckx (1623 Antwerp circa 1677), Memento Mori still life with musical instruments, books, sheet music, skeleton, skull and armour. Oil on canvas. 73.5 x 92.5 cm. Estimate: CHF 30 000 - 40 000 (€ 25 000 / 33 330). © Koller Auctions Zurich Provenance: Swiss private collection.  We are grateful to Dr. Jürg Meier, for his thorough analysis of the painting as well as Dr. Fred G. Meijer who has confirmed the authenticity of the work on the basis of a photograph. ... [Lire la suite]

Cornelis de Heem (Leiden, 1631 - Antwerp, 1695), Still life with a lobster, a peeled lemon on a pewter plater, a roemer, and fruits on a stone ledge with a green drape. Oil on canvas, 48 x 63.8 cm (18.9 x 25.1 in.). Signed on the stone ledge. © TEFAF 2018 Provenance: Gebr, Douwes, Amsterdam, inv. no. 4278, 1928; P. de Boer, Amsterdam; Rutter Collection, Vienna, probably since at least the 1960’s. Govert Camphuysen (Dokkum, 1624 - Amsterdam, 1672), The Money Lender. Oil on canvas laid... [Lire la suite]

  Lot 139. François Habert (Active in Paris, mid-17th century), Still life of flowers in a blue and white Chinese porcelain bowl with a red admiral butterfly on a wooden ledge, signed lower right: F. HABERT. F, oil on panel, 10 5/8  by 14 1/4  in,; 27.3 by 36.2 cm. Estimate 60,000 — 80,000 USD. Lot Sold 81,250 USD. Photo: Sotheby's Provenance: With Galerie de Jonckheere;Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 7 July 2000, lot 48;There acquired by the present collector.  ... [Lire la suite]