Lot 52: PETER VAN KESSEL BORN IN ANTWERP - 1668 RATZEBURG

signed lower right: P.V. Kessel. F.

oil on canvas

A STILL LIFE WITH TULIPS, ROSES, A RED TURBAN CUP LILY, AURICULA, JASMIN, AN IRIS, CARNATIONS AND OTHER FLOWERS IN A VASE, ALL IN A STONE NICHE

82.6 by 63.6 cm.

OTHER PROPERTIES

Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, 25 October 1967, lot 220;
Private collection, Germany;
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, 22-24 June 1995, lot 401;
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, 12-14 June 1997, lot 365;
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, 18-20 June 1998, lot 358;
Anonymous sale, Berlin, Leo Spik, 23-25 March 2000, lot 397 (all the above as by Jan van Kessel).

There is only one other signed flower still life known by this lesser known Flemish artist. This was sold Vienna, Dorotheum, 20 March 1995, lot 77.