Lot 117: WILLEM VAN LEEN

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAVID C. COPLEY, LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA DORDRECHT 1753 - 1825 DELFSHAVEN STILL LIFE OF FLOWERS IN A VASE RESTING ON A STONE LEDGE, A LANDSCAPE IN THE BACKGROUND signed with initials lower right: V. L. f oil on panel 18 3/4 by 13 3/4 in.; 47.7 by 35 cm.

We are grateful to Fred G.Meijer of the RKD, The Hague for endorsing the attribution based on a photograph. Though dating van Leen's work is difficult, he tentatively dates this painting to the first half of the 1790s.