Lot 152: FLORIS VAN SCHOOTEN

FLORIS VAN SCHOOTEN HAARLEM(?) CIRCA 1590 - 1656 HAARLEM STILL LIFE WITH GRAPES, LOGANBERRIES, PLUMS, AN APPLE AND A GLASS TOGETHER ON A TABLE signed with intitials lower centre on the peach: FV.S oil on panel 38 by 54.5 cm.; 15 by 21 1/2 in.

Anonymous sale ("Property from a Private Collection"), Olympia, Sotheby's, 5 July 2005, lot 419.

At the time of the 2005 sale Fred Meijer confirmed the attribution to van Schooten. At that time the painting included a wine glass to the right of the composition which was a much later addition, and this has since been removed thus restoring the painting to its original appearance.