Lot 177: David de Heem (Antwerp 1663-1714 The Hague)

David de Heem (Antwerp 1663-1714 The Hague) Hydrangeas, morning glories, a parrot tulip and other flowers with grapes, oranges, cherries, blackberries, ears of corn, loquats, and chestnuts, with two snails, hanging from a blue bow in a feigned arched stone niche oil on canvas 22 7/8 x 18 7/8 in. (58.1 x 48 cm.)

58.1 x 48 cm.

Anonymous sale [Mrs. D.E. Bramhall]; Christie’s, London, 16 March 1956 lot 135, as 'C. DE HEEM' (180 gns. to Rivett) E.R.G. Billmeir, Westbrook House, Elstead, Surrey; Sotheby's, London, 19-20 September 1995, lot 468, as 'Cornelis de Heem'. with Rafael Valls Ltd., London, from whom purchased by the late Mrs. Barbara Overland.

We are grateful to Fred Meijer, of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs, although he does not exclude a collaboration between David and his father Cornelis de Heem. They shared a studio in The Hague from the late 1670s to 1690.