Lot 87: PIETER GERRITSZ. VAN ROESTRAETEN HAARLEM 1630 - 1700 LONDON

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

STILL LIFE WITH A CANDLESTICK, A CHARLES II CAUDLE CUP AND COVER, A TWO HANDLED SPOUT CUP, A GLOBE AND A DOCUMENT WITH A WAX SEAL ALL RESTING ON A TABLE

measurements note
30 by 25 in.; 76.1 by 63.5 cm.

oil on canvas

NOTE

The candlestick depicted in the present painting is modeled after a pair of candlesticks by Anthony Nelme, in the collection of the Bank of England. Nelme headed one of the largest workshops of late 17th Century London. He produced a wide range of wares, from elaborate ceremonial pieces to objects used for domestic purposes. This same candlestick appears in other still lifes by Roestraeten, such as in a work now in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam (inv. nr. St. 131).