Lot 242: CARSTIAN LUYCKX ANTWERP 1623 - AFTER 1658

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

STILL LIFE OF A LOBSTER IN A WANLI 'KRAAK' PORCELAIN BOWL, WITH PEACHES, GRAPES, BREAD, OYSTERS, GLASSES OF WINE, A KINGFISHER, GOLDCREST AND OTHER SONGBIRDS, ARRANGED UPON A TABLE DRAPED WITH A GREEN CLOTH

measurements note
48.4 by 63.8 cm.; 19 by 25 1/7 in.

oil on oak panel, the reverse branded with the stamp of the panelmaker Lambrecht Steens: LS

NOTE

For the attribution, compare with a signed still life by the artist of a similar overall composition, sold London, Christie's, July 10, 2002, lot 28.

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for endorsing the attribution to Carstian Luyckx, following first hand inspection, and for suggesting that this is a relatively early work by the artist.