Lot 14: Pieter Claesz. (Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia c. 1597-1660 Haarlem)

Pieter Claesz. (Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia c. 1597-1660 Haarlem)
Peaches and a roemer on a pewter platter, a basket of grapes and and other fruit, a wooden barrel, a lobster, a crab, oysters and fish with a cat on a stone ledge
signed in monogram and dated 'PC 1651·' (lower left, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
39 7/8 x 53¾ in (101.3 x 136.5 cm.), including a 3 cm. addition to the left edge

M. Brunner-Bulst, Pieter Claesz., Lingen, 2004, p. 314, no. 187, and illustrated p. 313.

Anonymous sale; Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 23 November 1994, lot 15.
with Rafael Valls, London.
with Xaver Scheidwimmer, Munich, 2000.
Galerie Edel, London, 2002.
Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 24 March 2004, lot 136.