Lot 38: HARMEN LOEDING

HARMEN LOEDING LEIDEN CIRCA 1637 - AFTER 1673 STILL LIFE OF A HAM ON A PEWTER PLATE, A LOAF OF BREAD, WILD STRAWBERRIES IN A SILVER BOWL, A ROEMER AND A GLASS FLASK, A BRANCH OF CHERRIES, A LEMON AND A SLICED ORANGE, ALL ARRANGED ON A PARTLY DRAPED TABLE, TOGETHER WITH A PARROT oil on canvas 68.2 by 58 cm.

We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer of the R.K.D., The Hague, for suggesting the attribution to Harmen Loeding. The rendering of the stone ledge, with its small vertical grooves, as well as the depiction of the tassels of the cloth are very distinctive for the artist.