Lot 281: PHILIP VAN KOUWENBERGH AMSTERDAM 1671 - 1729

THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

A STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A VASE WITH A POMEGRANATE AND PLUMS

measurements note
98.5 by 72.9 cm.; 38 3/4 by 28 3/4 in.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Anonymous sale, Lucerne, Fischer, 21 November 1961, lot 2132 (as by Abraham Brueghel).

NOTE

The attribution of this still life to Philips van Kouwenbergh was first proposed by Fred G. Meijer on the basis of a colour transparency, when it was offered in these Rooms, 9 December 1992, lot 146.

For a discussion on the artist's work see F.G. Meijer, "Philip van Kouwenbergh", in Oud Holland, vol. 102, 1988, no. 4, pp. 313-21.