Lot 53: ATTRIBUTED TO TOM??S HIEPES

BORN CIRCA 1610 - 1674 VALENCIA A DECORATIVE GOLD VASE ON A PLINTH WITH GARLANDS OF FLOWERS INCLUDING LILIES AND JONQUILS, AND A BOWL OF PEACHES, PLUMS AND PEARS IN THE FOREGROUND; A BASKET OF FLOWERS INCLUDING TULIPS AND ROSES ON A PLINTH WITH GRAPES, APPLES AND A BOWL OF FIGS IN THE FOREGROUND, TWO HUMMINGBIRDS AND TWO BUTTERFLIES ABOVE Quantity: 2 a pair, both oil on canvas one: 33 by 43 3/8 in.; 83.9 by 110.2 cm.; the other: 33 3/8 by 43 1/2 in.; 84.8 by 110.4 cm.

Possibly Rosenbach Gallery, Philadelphia (according to a label on the reverse); Possibly Samuel Borchard, New York; Presumably by descent to his daughter, Evelyn Borchard Metzger; By whom gifted to a Coastal Connecticut Museum, in 1958; From whom acquired by the present owner.

This impressive pair of paintings displays elements suggestive of the elaborate pictorial style of Tomás Hiepes, one of the leading still life painters of his generation in Valencia. His compositions are often complex, incorporating an array of fruits, flowers and birds, executed with astonishing accuracy, and with extensive landscapes stretching beyond.