Lot 116: MÉLANIE DE COMOLERA

MÉLANIE DE COMOLERA ACTIVE IN SÈVRES AND LONDON CIRCA 1816 - 1854 PEONIES, ROSES, CARNATIONS, AN IRIS, ANEMONES, AURICULA AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A TERRACOTTA VASE, WITH ORANGE BLOSSOMS, MORNING GLORY AND A BIRD'S NEST ON A MARBLE LEDGE, A COLONNADE BEYOND signed and dated lower right: M. Comolera fecit 1827 oil on canvas 23 1/8 by 29 1/2 in.; 74.5 by 59 cm.

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, May 11, 1994, lot 176;
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 27 May 2004, lot 94;
There purchased by the present collector.

The present work repeats exactly a composition by Jan van Huysum, which was sold at Sotheby's New York, 17 January 1992, lot 96 to French & Co. It was probably executed in London in 1827 when the artist visited the city; van Huysum's original was at that time recorded in the collection of Henry Hope of Cavendish Square.