Cornelis de Heem

Still life of a lobster, oysters and lemons beneath a tree, with a view of Brussels beyond

Guaranteed Property

Lot Closed

October 21, 05:06 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

By Land and By Sea, The Collection of Paul Yeou Chichong

Cornelis de Heem

Leiden 1631 - 1695 Antwerp

Still life of a lobster, oysters and lemons beneath a tree, with a view of Brussels beyond

signed lower center C. DE.HEEM f

oil on canvas

canvas: 23⅝ by 25⅝ in.; 60 by 65.1 cm.

framed: 29½ by 31⅜ in.; 74.9 by 79.7 cm.

Please note that this lot is guaranteed.

Anonymous sale ("The Property of an Institution"), London, Christie's, 13 July 1979, lot 147;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 10 July 1987, lot 9;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 13 October 1989, lot 188A;
With Eric Turquin, Paris;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Tajan, 14 December 2011, lot 30;
Where acquired by the present collector.

This signed and elegantly composed still life was painted in the 1660s by Cornelis de Heem, who trained in Antwerp with his father, Jan Davidsz. de Heem, but who was active throughout the Northern and Southern Netherlands. Like the works of his father, Cornelis’s still lifes often featured an array of expensive items, many of which underscored the importance of the exotic goods imported into the vast maritime empire of the Dutch Republic.

We are grateful to Fred Meijer for endorsing the present attribution on the basis of digital images, and for suggesting this work was painted in the 1660s.