Willem van Aelst

Lot 230: WILLEM VAN AELST

Name: WILLEM VAN AELST
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 9b62cd5a7a

Est: £30,000 GBP - £40,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomDecember 08, 2011

Item Overview

Description

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
DELFT 1627 - IN OR AFTER 1683 AMSTERDAM (?)
A STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES, RASPBERRIES AND DAMSONS ON A PARTIALLY COVERED MARBLE LEDGE, A BIRD FLYING ABOVE
oil on oak panel
45.7 by 32.7 cm.; 18 by 12 7/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Willem van Aelst

Exhibited

Leamington Spa, Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Art Treasures of Warwickshire Exhibition, 29 May - 3 July 1948 (as Rachel Ruysch).

Provenance

Lt. Col. G. B. Bryant, OBE, MC;
Earl of Drogheda (according to an inscription on the reverse);
Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Gentleman'), London, Christie's, 27 June 1969, lot 92 (as Rachel Ruysch and as one of a pair, with the preceding lot).

Auction Details

Old Master and British Paintings Day Sale

Sotheby's

December 08, 2011, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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