Lot 3034. Osias Beert The Elder (c. 1580 Antwerp 1624), Flowers in a basket and in a glass vase. Oil on panel, 53.5 x 75 cm. Estimate CHF 280 000 / 350 000 | (€ 259 260 / 324 070). Photo: Koller.

Provenance: - Galerie M. Schultess, Basel.
- Collection of W. Hofmann-Hess, Basel. 
- Collection of Robert H. Smith, USA.
- Art dealer, Richard Green, London, 1987.
- Private collection, USA, acquired at the above gallery by the current owner.

Literature: - Hairs, Marie-Louise: Les Peintres Flamands de Fleurs au XVIIe Siècle, Brüssel 1955, p. 195; 2. ed, Brussels 1965, p. 348; 3. ed, Brussels 1985, vol II, pp. 4-5.
- Greindl, Edith: Les Peintres Flamands de Nature Morte au XVIIe Siècle, Brussels 1983, p. 28 and 34, fig. 17; 336, No. 53.
- Hairs, Marie-Louise: The Flemish Flower Painters of the XVIIth Century, Brussels 1985, p. 456.
- Hibbs Decoteau, Pamela: Clara Peeters and the Development of Still-Life Painting in Northern Europe, Vol. 5, Lingen 1992, pp. 70-71, fig. III.82.

The painting is registered at RKD, The Hague, under number 14588, as by the hand of Osias Beert the elder. 

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