Old Master Paintings & Works on Paper Day Auction

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Christiaen van Pol

Still life with lilacs, a Greek vase and a birds nest on a marble ledge

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Lot Closed

July 4, 10:51 AM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Christiaen van Pol

Haarlem 1752–1813 Paris

Still life with lilacs, a Greek vase and a birds nest on a marble ledge


signed and dated on the marble ledge: Van Pol 1797

oil on porcelain, circular

diameter (sight size): 7.6 cm.; 3 in.

framed: 18.6 x 18.4 cm.; 7⅜ x 7¼ in.

Following a short apprenticeship in Antwerp, Christiaen van Pol established himself in Paris in 1782 and joined the studio of Jan Frans Van Dael, with whom he developed a long-lasting friendship. Known for his meticulously rendered still-life compositions, he made designs for the Gobelins Manufactory and contributed to the decorative programs at the châteaux of St Cloud, Bellevue and Chantilly. As evidenced by this work, van Pol’s style typically follows the conventions of the still-life genre from the Dutch golden age, infused with a sense of decorative refinement inherited from his eighteenth-century contemporaries.