0695
„Still life with grapes, peaches and a fly“
1690s
oil on canvas
35 × 27 cm
lower right (partly indistinctly signed): Rachel Ruysch
label on the reverse: AM 237
Provenance
Sale of the collection of Joan Hendrik van Heemskerk, Rietmulder, Den Haag, 29th-30th March 1770, lot 96;
Collection van der Vlugt;
art dealer Guy Stein, Paris, 1937;
private property, England, 1964-1976;
art dealer John Mitchell Fine Paintings, London, 1976;
private collection, Germany
Exhibition
1976 Drapers Guild Hall, London
Literature
Maurice Harold Grant, Rachel Ruysch 1664-1750, Leigh-on-Sea 1956, p. 41, cat.-no. 185;
John Mitchell & Son (Ed.), The inspiration of nature. Paintings of still life, flowers, birds and insects by Dutch and Flemish artists of the 17th century, exhibition catalogue, Drapers Guild Hall, London 1976, p. 44-45;
Marianne Berardi, Science into art. Rachel Ruysch's early development as a still-life painter, thesis, Pittsburgh 1998, p. 241-246, ill. 16, p. 434
Estimate: € 25.000 - 50.000
Result: € 74.240 (incl. fees)
Auction is closed.