Lot 181: FLORIS VAN SCHOOTEN HAARLEM(?) CIRCA 1590 - 1656 HAARLEM

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SELLER AT HER STALL WITH HER CHILDREN, WITH APPLES, PEARS, GRAPES, BLACKBERRIES, CABBAGES, CARROTS AND ARTICHOKES

measurements note
60.4 by 80.3 cm.; 23 3/4 by 31 1/2 in.

bears signature lower centre on the edge of the table: HM. Sorgh (HM in compendium)

oil on oak panel

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, Berlin, Lepke, 4 May 1915, lot 24 (as by Sorgh);
Anonymous sale, Stockholm, Bukowski, 6 November 1963, lot 192 (as by Sorgh);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 21 April 1989, lot 36;
Anonymous sale, Paris, Millon, 27 June 2003, lot 11.

LITERATURE

P. Gammelbo, `Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten', in Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, vol. XVII, 1966, no. 29 (or no. 129).

NOTE

Formerly attributed to Sorgh, whose signature it bears, the correct atttribution of this picture was first recognised by Horst Gerson, and then published by Poul Gammelbo. We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for confirming the attribution upon first hand inspection.