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Peter Binoit Cologne circa 1590 - 1632 Hanau
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description
- Peter Binoit
- Still life with bunches of grapes in a porcelain bowl, three sparrows, and a butterfly, with peaches and snails on the stone ledge below
- signed with monogram and dated lower right: PB / 1618
- oil on copper laid down on panel
Provenance
Private collection;
With Galerie J.O. Leegenhoek, Paris, 1975;
Purchased from the above by the present collector.
With Galerie J.O. Leegenhoek, Paris, 1975;
Purchased from the above by the present collector.
Literature
E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au XVIIe siècle, Sterrebeek 1983, p. 338, cat. no. 11, reproduced in colour p. 62, fig. 34;
F. Ribemont et al., Les raisins du silence, exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux 1999, p. 12, reproduced fig. 1;
G. Bott, Die stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marrell, Hanau 2001, p. 204, no. WV.B.27.
F. Ribemont et al., Les raisins du silence, exhibition catalogue, Bordeaux 1999, p. 12, reproduced fig. 1;
G. Bott, Die stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marrell, Hanau 2001, p. 204, no. WV.B.27.
Condition
"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
The panel has been transferred. The paint surface is stable and in a good condition. Minor discoloured retouchings are visible on the ledge and in the background. Some minor abrasion to the paint surface has led to compromised original glazing. The varnish is mildly discoloured. Overall condition is good."
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"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
This still life appears to be the prototype for a group of works by Binoit all of a broadly similar composition; one of these is dated 1619,1 which is to say the year after the present work was executed, and another is unsigned and undated but, on the basis of its similarities to this and the other work, also datable to circa 1618-19.2 In all three works Binoit employs a similar arrangement of grapes and vines in the bowl, the same or a very similar bird in the window upper right, but changes the still life elements of the ledge below. The motif of the bird flying in through the window, or perched on the window ledge, recurs more widely throughout his oeuvre, although these are all confined to paintings produced in the years 1616-1619.3
1. See Bott, under Literature, p. 205. no. WV.B.29.
2. Idem, no. WV.B.28.
3. For the 1616 dated work see idem, p. 204, no. WV.B.26; the date has variously been interpreted as 1610, 1616 and 1618, although 1610 can be confidently ruled out.
1. See Bott, under Literature, p. 205. no. WV.B.29.
2. Idem, no. WV.B.28.
3. For the 1616 dated work see idem, p. 204, no. WV.B.26; the date has variously been interpreted as 1610, 1616 and 1618, although 1610 can be confidently ruled out.