Lot 51: A basket of peaches and plums, carnations in a vase, a bowl of blackberries, a melon, cherries, hazelnuts and redcurrants on a table ledge

Pieter Binoit (Cologne 1590/3-1632 Hanau) A basket of peaches and plums, carnations in a vase, a bowl of blackberries, a melon, cherries, hazelnuts and redcurrants on a table ledge signed with initials 'PB' (lower right) oil on panel 17½ x 24 in. (44.5 x 61 cm.)

Acquired by the present owner before 1990.

PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (lots 50, 51, 67, 71, 72 and 83)


This picture appears to be a hitherto unrecorded treatment of a composition known in two other versions, one of which is dated 1615 (see G. Bott, Die Stillebenmaler Soreau, Binoit, Codino und Marrell in Hanau and Frankfurt 1600-1650, Hanau, 2001, pp. 202-3, nos. WVB. 21-2).

Born in Cologne, the son of Jacques Binoit from Tournai, the artist was apprenticed to Daniel Soreau in Hanau sometime after 1600. He trained there alongside Sebastian Stoskopff and his master's twin sons, Peter and Isaac Soreau. He worked in Frankfurt around 1620 returning to Hanau in 1627, the year of his marriage to Daniel Soreau's niece, where he remained until his death.