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Jul. 06, 2006
GERKE JANS DE JAGER LEEUWARDEN 1748- 1822 GRONINGEN
Est: £60,000 - £80,000
STILL LIFE WITH A BANNER, FLOWERS IN A TERRACOTTA URN, A BAS-RELIEF, A GLOBE, AN OPENED LETTER AND BLAEU'S ATLAS ALL RESTING ON A PARTLY DRAPED STONE LEDGE measurements note 249.8 by 192.4 cm.; 98 by 75 3/4 in. inscribed on the letter: Mon. Heer/ de Hoon Soir, Jeudi le 13 eme/ Sept heures RSVP oil on canvas PROVENANCE Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 13 December 1996, lot 24, for £78,500; Anonymous sale ("Property of a Private Collector"), New York, Sotheby's, 24 January 2002, lot 108, for $110,000. NOTE Joan Blaeu's Atlas Major, of which De Jager has represented eight of the twelve volumes, was first published in 1662 and consisted of almost 600 double page maps. It was the most costly printed book of the seventeenth century, the Golden Age of cartography. A series of works by De Jager were sold Amsterdam, C.F. Roos, 26 July 1917, lot 2.
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Jan. 24, 2002
*GERKE JANS DE JAGER (CIRCA 1748-1822)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
inscribed on the letter M. Heer/O. Heer... oil on canvas The present attribution has been suggested by Dr. Ineke Wansink of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, the Hague, (see Provenance, 1996 sale below) based on a comparison with a set of decorative canvases from Heerestraat 78, Groningen, sold at Roos & Co, Amsterdam, June 26 1917, lot 2. These were the only works known by the artist, who was born in Leeuwarden and died in Groningen. Among the objects depicted in this painting the artist has represented eight volumes of Joan Blaeu's Atlas Major, published beginning in 1662. It was composed of twelve lavish volumes, consisting of nearly 600 double page maps and 3000 pages of text. The Atlas Major was the most expensive printed book of the seventeenth century and remains a great testament of what is referred to as the Golden Age of cartography.
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