Lot 26: Jacob van Walscapelle , Dordrecht 1644 - 1727 Amsterdam A Still Life of Flowers and a Branch of Peaches in a sculpted Vase, standing on a Ledge oil on canvas

signed lower left J: Walscapell. oil on canvas

measurements note 21 3/8 by 18 in.; 54.3 by 45.7 cm.

W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1980, vol. III, reproduced p. 1451.

Nordest Gallery;
By whom (anonymously) sold ("Property of a Lady"), New York, Sotheby's, March 6, 1975, lot 79;
There purchased by Newhouse Galleries, New York;
With Richard Green Gallery, London, 1975/76;
With Kunsthandel K & V Waterman, Amsterdam;|
From whom purchased by the present collector in 1990.

PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Jacob van Walscapelle was born in Dordrecht in 1644. From there he moved to Amsterdam, where he was a student of Cornelis Kick from 1664-1667. In 1673 he entered the service of the municipal drapers' hall, where was still registered as working forty years later. There are almost no dated paintings after 1685, which confirms Arnold Houbraken's statement that Walscapelle only painted for a short time.