Lot 27: Jan Philips van Thielen (Mechelen 1618-1667) and Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623-1667)

Jan Philips van Thielen (Mechelen 1618-1667) and Joris van Son (Antwerp 1623-1667)
Saint Teresa of Ávila, in niche garlanded with flowers, with a basket of fruit and maize
signed 'J.v.SON' (lower right)
oil on canvas
74¼ x 51½ in. (188.6 x 130.8 cm.)

Palma, Centre cultura Sa Nostra, Natura en repòs: La natura morta a Mallorca, Segles XVII-XVIII, December 1994, no. 3, pp. 48 and 51.

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This is a collaborative work, in which the floral swags were painted by van Thielen, the fruit basket by van Son, and the figure by an as yet unidentified third hand. We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for suggesting that the flowers are painted by van Thielen, on the basis of photographs, and for proposing a date of circa 1655.