Lot 3041. Jean Baptiste de Crepu (1635 Antwerp 1689), Bouquet of flowers in a glass vase with butterflies and a small caterpillar on a stone plinth. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower right: JB (ligature): C., 35.5 x 27 cm. Estimate CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 9 260 / 13 890). Photo: Koller

Provenance: - Collection of Dr. Fröhlich, Vienna, 1926.
- Bangel auction, Frankfurt am Main, 5.7.1927, Lot 10.
- European private collection. 

Literature: - Willigen, Adriaan van der / Meijer, Fred G.: A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725, Leiden 2003, p. 68.
- Hairs, Marie-Louis: Les peintres flamands de fleurs au XVIIe siècle, Brussels 1985, pp. 406, 413-414.

This painting is registered at the RKD, The Hague under number 17244. 

Our thanks to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for confirming the authenticity of this work on the basis of a photograph.

Koller. Old Master Paintings - Friday 22 September 2017 03.00 PM