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THE PROPERTY OF A BELGIAN FAMILY

A STILL LIFE WITH A ROEMER, A CRAB AND A PEELED LEMON ON A PEWTER PLATE, A BUNCH OF GRAPES, A BUN AND KNIFE WITH AN ELABORATE DUTCH SILVER SALT CELLAR, ON A DRAPED TABLE

measurements note
49 by 66 cm.

signed in monogram and dated centre right: PC (in compendium) / 43

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 8 October 1973, lot 19;
With Richard Green, London, by 1977;
With Castendijk, Rotterdam;
Private collector, Bruges, by 1980;
By whom offered, London, Sotheby's, 8 December 1993, lot 30 (withdrawn);
Thence by descent.

LITERATURE

N.R.A. Vroom, A Modest Message, Schiedam 1980, vol. 1, p. 46, reproduced fig. 53, vol. 2, p. 28, cat. no. 109;
M. Brunner-Bulst, Pieter Claesz. Der Hauptmeister des Haarlemer Stillebens im 17. Jahrhunderts. Kritischer Oeuvrekatalog, Freren 2004, pp. 274-6, cat. no. 121, reproduced p. 275 (as 'dated 1643?').

NOTE

The present panel is a beautiful example of Pieter Claesz' work in the early 1640s, when he was re-introducing more strongly colourful elements into his compositions, and moving away from the more monochromatic tonal style of the preceding decade's so-called `monochrome banketjes'. His work at this time of his early maturity retains the vigorous brushwork of earlier works, but does not yet anticipate the looseness of handling that characterizes his late work.

Martina Brunner-Bulst (see Literature below) expresses reservations about the date and signature, indicating that they have been strengthened. Upon close examination it is clear that, while both have been partly strengthened, they are original.