Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 490. Still life with Grapes, Two Apricots, and a Peach on a Stone Ledge.

Monogrammist HVH

Still life with Grapes, Two Apricots, and a Peach on a Stone Ledge

Auction Closed

February 1, 09:24 PM GTNN

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Monogrammist HVH

The Netherlands active 17th century

Still life with Grapes, Two Apricots, and a Peach on a Stone Ledge


oil on panel

panel: 7 ½ by 11 ⅜ in.; 19.1 by 28.9 cm.

framed: 17 by 20 ⅞ in.; 43.2 by 53.0 cm.

This intriguing still life was painted in the late seventeenth century by an as-yet unidentified Dutch artist with the monogram HVH. The intimate scale and direct presentation of the objects evoke the style of Adriaen Coorte (c. 1665 – after 1707) , whereas the bunch of volumetric grapes are strongly reminiscent of David Cornelisz de Heem (1663 - before 1714). 


While the identity of the monogrammist remains inconclusive, the painter of this charming still life is perhaps the enigmatic and chameleonic Hendrick van Heemskerck (c.1630 - 1683/4), known only from a few surviving works.1 


We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for his assistance in the cataloguing of the present lot. 


1For comparison with a similar still life signed in full by Hendrick van Heemskerck, see RKD 469659.

You May Also Like

Still life of grapes in a basket, peaches in a silver tazza and celery stalks atop a copper pot, assembled on a table among other fruit and vegetables
Circle of Caravaggio

Still life of grapes in a basket, peaches in a silver tazza and celery stalks atop a copper pot, assembled on a table among other fruit and vegetables

Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 EUR

Still life with chicory, cardoons, pomegranates, apples, oranges and a lemon in wicker baskets and atop a wooden table, a column at lower right
Roman School, circa 1640–50

Still life with chicory, cardoons, pomegranates, apples, oranges and a lemon in wicker baskets and atop a wooden table, a column at lower right

Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 EUR

Still life of watermelons, pomegranates, bunches of grapes and other fruit in a landscape
Nicola Casissa

Still life of watermelons, pomegranates, bunches of grapes and other fruit in a landscape

Estimate: 12,000 - 18,000 EUR

Still life with a mallard, songbirds, other game, and a wicker basket filled with baked goods, on a stone ledge
Evaristo Baschenis

Still life with a mallard, songbirds, other game, and a wicker basket filled with baked goods, on a stone ledge

Estimate: 24,000 - 35,000 EUR

Portrait of a man, half-length, wearing a red coat and a black hat, in a painted oval
Vittore Giuseppe Ghislandi, called Fra' Galgario

Portrait of a man, half-length, wearing a red coat and a black hat, in a painted oval

Estimate: 30,000 - 50,000 EUR

Still life of cakes and biscuits on a pewter plate, variegated tulips, roses, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a wooden box, all on a stone ledge, a forest landscape in the distance
Nicola Massa Recco

Still life of cakes and biscuits on a pewter plate, variegated tulips, roses, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a wooden box, all on a stone ledge, a forest landscape in the distance

Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR

Still life with musical instruments, a globe and a carpet on a ledge, an embroidered curtain above
Attributed to Bartolomeo Bettera

Still life with musical instruments, a globe and a carpet on a ledge, an embroidered curtain above

Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Still life of pomegranates, grapes, peaches and a fragment of a classical capital in a landscape, a town in the distance
Pietro Navarra

Still life of pomegranates, grapes, peaches and a fragment of a classical capital in a landscape, a town in the distance

Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR

An Italianate river landscape with figures, a church, a bridge and other buildings in the distance
Carlo Bonavia

An Italianate river landscape with figures, a church, a bridge and other buildings in the distance

Estimate: 15,000 - 20,000 EUR

A pair of capriccio river landscapes with figures in the foreground
Francesco Guardi

A pair of capriccio river landscapes with figures in the foreground

Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 EUR