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Harmen Steenwijck
Still life with freshwater fish, fruit and a jug, all on a draped table
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March 24, 02:45 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Harmen Steenwijck
Delft circa 1612 - after 1656
Still life with freshwater fish, fruit and a jug, all on a draped table
signed lower right: H.Steenwijck
oil on oak panel
unframed: 65 x 90.3 cm.; 25 1/2 x 35 1/2 in.
framed: 81.5 x 105 cm.; 32 1/8 x 41 3/8 in.
Harmen Steenwijck was the nephew of David Bailly (1584-1657). He studied painting with him in Leiden from 1628 and moved to Delft in 1633. In 1654 he sailed in a merchant ship to the Dutch East Indies: it is known he returned to Delft in 1655, but there is no further record of his painting activity in the following years.
Steenwijck mostly painted vanitas and still lives with fish and fruits. As in the present work, the objects in his still lifes are typically painted in a muted palette, positioned against a neutral background, and lit by a diagonal ray of light, with well-placed highlights here illuminating the scales of the fish.