Lot 146: Pieter van Steenwijck (Delft c. 1615-1656/76?)

Pieter van Steenwijck (Delft c. 1615-1656/76?)
Cabbages in a basket, a strainer and an earthenware jug in a wooden washtub on a barrel, with copper buckets, pots and pans, a Westerwald stoneware jug, a shoe and a china plate nearby, in a barn
indistinctly signed 'PS...y...' (lower left)
oil on panel
13¼ x 17 in. (33.8 x 43.2 cm.)

Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 22 April 1980, lot 121, as 'Attributed to Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh'.
Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 May 1994, lot 171, when acquired by the present owner (30,583 GLDR $16,767).

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Offered in Sotheby's, Amsterdam in 1980, with an attribution to Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh, this panel is in fact by the Delft born artist Pieter van Steenwijck, who painted still lifes, interiors and some genre subject pictures. He and his brother Harmen were pupils of their uncle D. Bailly at Leiden. He was a member of the Guild at Delft and active also in the Hague circa 1652-1654.