Lot 45: Maerten Boelema de Stomme , Leeuwarden 1611 - in or after 1644 A still life with a half-peeled lemon on a pewter dish, a dried fish with capers, a wine glass, roemer, triangular salt cellar and a nautilus-shell cup on a table covered with a dark

oil on panel

measurements note 50 by 68.2 cm.; 19 5/8 by 26 7/8 in.

Christian Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641-1695), during the period in which he was Bishop of Lübeck (1655-1666) (his wax seal on the reverse);
Private Collection, Germany.

A note on the Provenance: the initials on the wax seal of Christian Albrecht, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641-1695), which is affixed to the reverse of the panel, read C A D G E L H. M. Dux which stands for C[hristian] A[lbrecht] D[eo] G[ratia] E[piscopus] L[übeck] H. M. Dux. Thus this work was acquired by him during his period as Bishop ('Episcopus') of Lübeck from 1655-1666. In 1667, on 24 October, he married Princess Friederike Amalia (1649-1704), daughter of King Frederik III of Denmark.