Flemish School, 17th Century

Oscar and Maria Salzer, Los Angeles;
By whom given to the Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science, 1983 (acc. no. FMM 82.59).

Lawrence, KS, Museum of Art of the University of Kansas, The Salzer Collection.  Trompe l'Oeil and Still Life Paintings:  A Loan Exhibition, 4 October - 1 November 1964, no. 12, reproduced (as Dutch School, 17th Century);
Charlotte, NC, The Mint Museum of Art, The Salzer Collection, Trompe-L'Oeil and Still Life Paintings,  A Loan Exhibition, 14 February - 7 March 1965, cat. no. 12 (as Dutch School, 17th Century);
Los Angeles, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California; Seattle, WA, Seattle Art Museum; Honolulu, HI, Honolulu Academy of Art; Santa Barbara, CA, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Reality and Deception, 16 October 1974 – 20 April 1975, cat. no. 77, reproduced (as Dutch School, 17th Century);
Nagoya, Nagoya City Art Museum; Bunkamura, The Bunkamura Museum of Art; Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Visual Deception, 11 April 2009 - 3 November 2009, cat. no. 35, reproduced p. 74 (as Dutch School, 17th Century).

 

Portraits of Objects, Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection of Still Life and Trompe-L'Oeil Paintings, Fresno 1984, cat. no. 48, reproduced (as Dutch, 17th Century).

Painting has been mounted onto a larger wood board. under a slightly yellowed varnish. there is very nice retention of detail and good preservation of impasto. ultraviolet light reveals an area of retouching at upper left in cloud and along all four edges; scattered very small retouches here and there, but overall figures look quite good.
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