Lot 3078: GALLIS, PIETER

GALLIS, PIETER
(The Netherlands 1633 - 1697 Hoorn)
Still life: fruits and a garland of flowers around a bust of Venus before a niche.
Oil on canvas laid on panel. 99 x 80 cm.

Expertise: I. Bergström 1981, as Abraham Mignon.


The attribution to Pieter Gallis was suggested in 1985 by Fred Meijer of RKD, The Hague, on the basis of a photograph.
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Provenance:
- Sotheby's, London, 4. April 1962, Lot 125, as A. Mignon.

- Drouot, Paris, 23. November 1962, Lot 20, M. ill., as A. Mignon.

- Christie's, London, 17. November 1972, Lot 20, with ill., as A. Mignon.

- Bantele, Munich, 4./5. December 1975, Lot 507, with ill., as A. Mignon.

- Fischer, Lucerne, 10./11. November 1987, Lot 532, with ill., as A. Mignon.

- Eberhart, Zurich, 28.-30. May 1990, Lot 178, with ill., as A: Mignon.

- Swiss private collection.





GALLIS, PIETER
(Niederlande 1633 - 1697 Hoorn)
Stillleben: Früchte- und Blumengirlande um eine Venusbüste vor einer Nische.
Öl auf Leinwand auf Holz aufgezogen. 99 x 80 cm.