Lot 244: PIETER VAN BOUCLE ANTWERP (?) CIRCA 1610 - 1673 PARIS

PIETER VAN BOUCLE ANTWERP (?) CIRCA 1610 - 1673 PARIS

STILL LIFE OF PEACHES, PLUMS, GRAPES AND PEARS IN A BASKET, TOGETHER WITH A PARROT AND A SQUIRREL, ALL RESTING ON A LEDGE DRAPED WITH A CARPET

measurements note
71.5 by 81.5 cm.; 28 1/8 by 32 1/8 in.

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

On the art market in Paris, 1997.

LITERATURE

C. Salvi, D'après nature. La nature morte en France au XVII^e siècle, Tournai 2000, reproduced in colour on p. 67.

NOTE

Having trained with Frans Snyders in Antwerp, Pieter van Boucle settled in Paris where he established his reputation as a gifted still-life painter. In this painting he combines a still life of fruit in a basket, which draws inspiration from his northern counterparts Snyders and Adrian van Utrecht, whilst the carpet is a motif more typical of his French contemporary Jacques Hupin.

The attribution has been endorsed by M. Fabrice Faré.