Lot 119: THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR ABRAHAM TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS ACTIVE IN THE HAGUE 1777 -

THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR ABRAHAM TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS ACTIVE IN THE HAGUE 1777 - 1818 A STILL LIFE WITH A PINEAPPLE, GRAPES, PEACHES, PRUNES, APRICOTS, RED CURRANTS, WHEAT AND WALNUTS IN AN OVERTURNED BASKET, TOGETHER WITH SMALL MORNING GLORY AND WHITE ROSES AND A RED ADMIRAL, ALL ON A MARBLE LEDGE; A STILL LIFE WITH AN IMPERIAL CROWN, HYACINTHS, A POPPY ANEMONE, ROSES, WATER AVENS, SMALL MORNING GLORY AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A SCULPTED VASE, TOGETHER WITH TULIPS AND WITH A RED ADMIRAL AND A BEETLE, ALL ON A MARBLE LEDGE WITH A STATUE OF A LADY IN THE BACKGROUND

a pair, both signed and dated lower right, the former: A Teixeira Fecit/1790, the latter: A: Teixeira Fecit 1791

both oil on canvas

Quantity: 2

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Amsterdam;
By whom sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 7 November 2000, lot 86, where bought by the present owner.
CATALOGUE NOTE

This rare artist was probably born in Portugal but worked in Holland, where he was a student of Jan Evert Morel (died 1808). Only three other dated still lifes by this artist are recorded. The first, dated 1777, is in the Amsterdams Historisch Museum, Amsterdam (inv. no. A503); the second, also dated 1777, was sold London, Sotheby's, 9 November 1966, lot 148; the third, dated 1780, was with Wildenstein, New York, 1963.

each: 70.8 by 62.7 cm.