Lot 11: CARSTIAN LUYCKX ANTWERP 1623 - AFTER 1658

A FESTOON OF FLOWERS SUSPENDED BY BLUE RIBBONS BEFORE A NICHE, WITH A PEELED LEMON, CHERRIES, AN ORANGE AND A PLUM RESTING ON A LEDGE BELOW

measurements note
25 1/4 by 19 3/8 in., 64.2 by 49.2 cm.

signed in monogram KL upper center and inscribed upper center J. D. de Heem fecit/1657

oil on panel

NOTE

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for confirming this painting to be by Luyckx, on the basis of photographs. The still life at the bottom is a later addition by another hand, inspired by 1650s works by Jan Davidsz. de Heem.