Lot 324: Attributed to Nicolaes van Gelder (c.1636-c.1676)

Attributed to Nicolaes van Gelder (c.1636-c.1676) Still life of fruit in a porcelain bowl with strawberries in a silver dish, roses and redcurrants on a salver, a roemer and a wine glass all upon a ledge partly draped with a brown cloth, oils on panel, 21 1/2" x 16 1/2", gallery label verso. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, R. Bruce sale, 30 June 1948, lot 84, as J. D. de Heem. Sold for £280. with Rayner MacConnal, Duke Street, London. Literature: Similar attributes from this picture can be found in works sold at Christie's, London, King Street, 9 July 2003, Sale 6744, Lot 43 and Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 1995, Lot 41. Also see P. Gammelbo, Dutch Still Life Paintings from the 16th to the 18th Century in Danish Collections, Copenhagen, 190, p.80, no. 97 and 98 and E. Gemar-Koeltzsch, Hollandische Stille Benmaler Im 17. Jahrhundert, 1995, vol. 2, p.373, no. 133.3 and 133.8.