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Lot 232: ALEXANDER  ADRIAENSSEN

Est: $30,000 USD - $50,000 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 31, 2013

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY  OF  A  DESCENDANT  OF  ROBERT  FINCK
ANTWERP  1587  -  1661
A  STILL  LIFE  WITH  A  PLATTER  OF  CRABS  AND  SHRIMP,  A  GLASS  JUG  OF  FLOWERS,  A  ROEMER  AND  A  LONG-STEMMED  TAZZA  OF  WINE,  AN  EARTHENWARE  JUG,  A  LOAF  OF  BREAD,  A  BUNCH  OF  GRAPES  AND  A  HALF-PEELED  LEMON
signed  and  dated  on  the  table,  lower  left:  Alex.  Adriaenssen  fecit  Aº  1646
oil  on  panel
17  3/4    by  25  3/8    in.;  44  by  64.3  cm.

Artist or Maker

Literature

E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au dix-septième siècle, Brussels 1956, pp. 42 and 148;
E. Greindl, Les peintres flamands de nature morte au dix-septième siècle, Sterrebeek 1983, pp. 57 and 333, no. 10;
G. Spiessens, Leven en werk van de Antwerpse schilder Alexander Adriaenssen (1587-1661), Brussels 1990, pp. 126-127, no. 43, reproduced fig. 28.

Provenance

H. Asa Thomas, until 1944, by whom sold;
London, Christie's, 17 March 1944, lot 77;
Nicholas Argenti collection, London, 1944-1945;
With Eugene Slatter Arts, London, 1944-1948;
Viscount Fitzharris sale, London, Christie's, 2 Decemebr 1949, lot 118;
Acquired by the present collector in 1962.

Auction Details

Important Old Master Paintings and Sculpture

by
Sotheby's
January 31, 2013, 12:00 PM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US