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PIETER CLAESZ | Still life with a roemer, olives, a half-peeled lemon, bread rolls and fish on pewter plates, all on a table draped with a white cloth

Auction Closed

May 8, 12:10 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from the SØR Rusche Collection

PIETER CLAESZ.

Berchem 1597/8 - 1660/1 Haarlem

Still life with a roemer, olives, a half-peeled lemon, bread rolls and fish on pewter plates, all on a table draped with a white cloth

oil on oak panel

47.4 x 63.6 cm.; 18⅝ x 25 in.

Please note the following amendments to the printed catalogue Please note the first line of provenance should read: With Wilhelm & P. Mohnen, Rottach-Egern, 1968; and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

Friedrich von Amerling, the first recorded owner of this painting, was court painter to Franz Josef between 1835–80. He was one of Austria’s most successful 19th century painters, and one of the most important representatives of the Biedermeier period.