Lot 104A: Balthasar Huys (Mechelen ?-1652 Rotterdam)

Balthasar Huys (Mechelen ?-1652 Rotterdam)
A lobster, a snipe, a duck lying on a cauldron, vegetables and pears, all on a wooden table
oil on panel
58.7 x 83.2 cm.
stamped on the reverse with the panel maker's mark of a six-pointed star.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
The panel maker's mark '*' was used by an Antwerp workshop between 1619 and 1650; the name of this workshop is unknown.