Lot 3: *CORNELIS KICK (1635-1681)

signed lower left Con: Kick oil on panel Cornelis Kick studied in Amsterdam under his father, the genre painter, Simon Kick. Cornelis specialized in painting fine flowerpieces in the style of Jan Davidsz, de Heem. The present painting is an example of Kick's ability to depict the subtle reflections of light and color on silver and glass.

Adolphe Schloss, by 1927, removed from the collection in 1943 by the Germans and restituted to the family in January 1946, (Their Sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 25, 1949, lot 27, sold for 350,000 francs) Sale: Galliéra, Paris, November 23, 1972, lo