Lot 24: Jan Pauwel Gillemans I (Antwerp 1618-1675)

Jan Pauwel Gillemans I (Antwerp 1618-1675)
Cherries and a conch shell on a silver platter, a cut and peeled lemon, a pomegranate, grapes, a glass of wine, walnuts and berries in a kraak porcelain bowl, on a partly-draped wooden table
indistinctly signed 'JP Gillemans' (lower left)
oil on canvas
20 x 30 in. (50.8 x 76.3 cm.)

with Charles E. Luton, Birmingham, from whom purchased in 1936 by
Ronald Cox.

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs, and for commenting that it is probably a fairly early work (of the late 1640s or early 1650s).