£22,000
JAN VAN KESSEL THE ELDER (1626-1679). STILL LIFE OF A BOWL OF FLOWERS WITH BUTTERFLIES AND A DRAGON FLY. Oil on canvas, a fragment
63 x 45cm.
This composition is a fragment (from the upper right) of a painting that was last recorded with Galerie Robert Finck in Brussels in 1963.
Literature: K. Ertz & C. Nitze-Ertz: `Die Maler Jan van Kessel` (Lingen, 2012), no.593 (complete painting shown).
* We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer for his assistance with the cataloguing of this lot. *CR Lined; scattered retouching, including some over old small losses; some craquelure.
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