Lot 531: A lobster on a porcelain platter, a 'tazza' with fruit and a covered glass of red wine, all on a partially draped stone ledge before a curtain with two parrots

Johann Martin Metz (Bonn 1717-c. 1790 Cologne)
A lobster on a porcelain platter, a 'tazza' with fruit and a covered glass of red wine, all on a partially draped stone ledge before a curtain with two parrots
signed and dated 'JM Metz. p. 1761' (lower right)
oil on canvas
123.4 x 126.5 cm.

Haus der Rheinischen Heimat, Cologne (according to a label on reverse).

The property of Baron von Geyr, removed from Schloss Arff, Nordrhein-Westfalen

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