With Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut;
With Charles Roelofsz., Amsterdam;
With Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, by 1997.

A. van der Willigen and F. Meijer, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-life Painters Working in Oils, 1525-1725, Leiden, 2003, p. 114.

The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com , an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's. This panel is a thin piece of un-reinforced oak. The paint layer has been cleaned although it may still be very slightly dirty. There are a few tiny dots of retouching that have been added in the background above the leaning glass and there is one small loss in the background in the upper center. Overall however, the condition seems to be excellent.
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This painting has most recently been considered a work by the Antwerp painter Gillis van Hulsdonck, an attribution supported by the initials with which the picture is signed.  The style of the painting would appear to be transitional between that of Jacob van Hulsdonck, the artist's father, and Gillis' own later work.  As Fred Meijer has noted, both in private communication and print (see Literature), however, the work cannot be given to Hulsdonck without some reservation, at present, as the quality of the Randall still life is superior to the large body of Gillis van Hulsdonck's work overall.