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CORNELIS VAN DER MEULEN | VANITAS STILL LIFE WITH A SKULL, A GUTTERING CANDLE, A TORTOISESHELL MIRROR, A BOOK, A STATUETTE OF SAINT SUSANNA, AND A PACK OF CARDS

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Lot Closed

May 10, 03:36 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

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Property from the SØR Rusche Collection

CORNELIS VAN DER MEULEN

Dordrecht 1642 - 1692 Stockholm

VANITAS STILL LIFE WITH A SKULL, A GUTTERING CANDLE, A TORTOISESHELL MIRROR, A BOOK, A STATUETTE OF SAINT SUSANNA, AND A PACK OF CARDS

signed and dated lower right on the base of the statue: Cornelis vander Meulen / 1688

oil on canvas

unframed: 58 x 47.4 cm.; 22⅞ x 18¾ in.

framed: 83 x 72 cm.; 32⅝ x 28⅜ in.

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Very little is known about this artist, although he was probably a pupil of Samuel van Hoogstraten, and moved to Sweden in 1678. The statuette of the virgin martyr Saint Susanna is based on a sculpture by Francois Duquesnoy (1597–1643) which was executed for the altar of Santa Maria di Loreto, Rome. This statue was little known until the 18th century, so it seems probable that van der Meulen also travelled to Rome at some point.