17th Mar, 2020 12:00

Old Master Paintings & Drawings

 
  Lot 4
 

CORNELIS DE HEEM (LEIDEN 1631 - ANTWERP 1695)

CORNELIS DE HEEM (LEIDEN 1631 - ANTWERP 1695)

Still life with flowers and fruits and a blue ribbon in a stone niche

signed DE HEEM in the stone niche (right side)

oil on canvas 69 x 56 cm (27 x 22 in)

Provenance:

Sale: Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 11th April 2003, lot 25

Private collection, Madrid (by 2005)

Cornelis de Heem specialized in still-lives, like his father Jan Davidsz de Heem (Utrecht 1606 - 1684) who had a workshop with collaborators and pupils including Abraham Mignon. Trained by his father,

Cornelis joined the Guild of Saint Luke as a master painter in 1660. Female artist Rachel Ruysch was largely influenced by the works of the De Heem family.

The attribution of this work has been confirmed by Fred Meijer as recorded in the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie database (R.K.D.)

Sold for £20,000

Includes Buyer's Premium


 

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