Lot 183: Figs, plums, grapes, peaches, redcurrants and a pumpkin, with a lettuce leaf filled with wild strawberries, a newt, a butterfly, ants and snails on a ledge

Name: Figs, plums, grapes, peaches, redcurrants and a pumpkin, with a lettuce leaf filled with wild strawberries, a newt, a butterfly, ants and snails on a ledge
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 8kny2u472k

Est: £40,000 GBP - £60,000 GBP

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 07, 2007

Item Overview

Description

Jan Mortel (Leiden c. 1650-1719)
Figs, plums, grapes, peaches, redcurrants and a pumpkin, with a lettuce leaf filled with wild strawberries, a newt, a butterfly, ants and snails on a ledge
oil on panel
22¼ x 17¾ in. (56.5 x 45.1 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Jan Mortel

Provenance

with Leggatt Brothers, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 26 June 1959, lot 109.

Notes

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution, on inspection of the original.

Auction Details

Old Master and British Pictures

Christie's

December 07, 2007, 12:00 AM EST

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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