Lot 252: HEINRICH BERCKAU HAMBURG C. 1660-1716

STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A GLASS VASE, INCLUDING CHRYSANTHEMUMS AND BLUE IRISES

measurements note
51 by 35 cm.; 20 by 13 3/4 in.

Signed lower right: HBerckauw. (HB in compendium)

oil on panel

PROVENANCE

According to the present owner, believed to have been in private family ownership in Berlin-Zehlendorf, since circa 1925, until recently.

NOTE

Until recently this was the only recorded painting by the artist who trained in Antwerp.