Property of a Trust
Willem van Aelst
Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly a♔nd a snail, all on a red velvet cꩲloth over a partially draped ledge
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January 28, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD
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Property of a Trust
Willem van Aelst
Delft 1627 - 1683 Amsterdam
Still life with grapes in a basket, peaches on a silver dish, medlars, two butterflies, a fly and a snail, all on a red velvet cloth over a partially draped ledge
signed upper right: Guill.mo van Aelst.
oil on canvas
29 ½ by 22&nb🌱sp;¼ in.🌼; 74.9 by 56.5 cm.
With Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1936;
Bas de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam and Nieuwersluis, 1963-1976;
By whom sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 30 April 1976, lot 36;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 30 March 1979, lot 36;
Bücker collection, Düren, 1981;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1998, lot 27;
With Johnny van Haeften, London and Otto Naumann, New York, by 1999;
From whom acquired by the present collectors.
Bas de Geus van den Heuvel, Amsterdam and Nieuwersluis, 1963-1976;
By whom sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 30 April 1976, lot 36;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 30 March 1979, lot 36;
Bücker collection, Düren, 1981;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1998, lot 27;
With Johnny van Haeften, London and Otto Naumann, New York, by 1999;
From whom acquired by the present collectors.
P.C. Sutton, in Otto Naumann, Ltd: Old Master Paintings, New York 1999, p. 6;
T. Paul, 'Beschildert met een Glans': Willem van Aelst and artistic self-consciousness in seventeenth-century Dutch still life painting, PhD diss., Charlottesville 2008, pp. 128, 212-214, 291, 359, reproduced plate 47;
T. Paul, Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, exhibition catalogue, New York 2012, pp. 163-165, cat. no. 27, reproduced.
T. Paul, 'Beschildert met een Glans': Willem van Aelst and artistic self-consciousness in seventeenth-century Dutch still life painting, PhD diss., Charlottesville 2008, pp. 128, 212-214, 291, 359, reproduced plate 47;
T. Paul, Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, exhibition catalogue, New York 2012, pp. 163-165, cat. no. 27, reproduced.
Maastricht, Stedelijk Museum Maastricht, Oude Kunst tentoonstelling. Limburgsche Kunstkring, August 1939, no. 34;
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, 1951-1952 and 1957-1958;
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel te Nieuwersluis, 11 December 1960 - 26 February 1961, no. 1;
Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De landman en de muze: een tentoonstelling van schilderijen, aquarellen, tekeningen, grafiek, beeldhouwwerken en handschriften, 14 June 1965 - 29 August 1965, no. 1;
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, 11 March 2012 - 14 October 2012, no. 27.
Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum, 1951-1952 and 1957-1958;
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel te Nieuwersluis, 11 December 1960 - 26 February 1961, no. 1;
Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, De landman en de muze: een tentoonstelling van schilderijen, aquarellen, tekeningen, grafiek, beeldhouwwerken en handschriften, 14 June 1965 - 29 August 1965, no. 1;
Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts; Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Elegance and Refinement: The Still-Life Paintings of Willem van Aelst, 11 March 2012 - 14 October 2012, no. 27.