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JEAN BAPTISTE BOSSCHAERT (Belgium 1667-1746)

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:5,500.00 USD Estimated At:8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD
JEAN BAPTISTE BOSSCHAERT (Belgium 1667-1746)
<B>SPANISH SCHOOL</B></I> (Early Seventeenth Century)<BR><I>Baskets Of Flowers,</B></I> a pair<BR>Oil on canvas<BR>13-1/2 x 14-1/4 inches (34.3 x 36.2 cm)<BR>Partial inscription, <I>A Fe</B></I> at lower left on the panel showing a white cloth under the basket<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Newhouse Galleries, as Jan-Baptiste Bosschaert (New York);<BR>Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard Walsh (Fort Worth, Texas);<BR>Walsh Family Art Trust<BR><BR>These companion paintings by an unidentified hand draw upon still life developments in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, from the first three decades of the seventeenth century, at a time when still life painting was emerging as a specialty genre, and baskets were commonly depicted as containers for fruit and flowers. The broad handling and the treatment of the cloth with gilt thread suggests a Spanish origin for the pictures. The works probably date no later than about 1630, after which time still life arrangements in this genre generally became more complex.<BR><BR>A remnant of a signature and/or inscription is located on the far left side of the white tablecloth, on the portion which falls over the edge. The inscription seems to read "<I>A Fe…</B></I>" possibly a shortened form of <I>Anno Fecit,</B></I> a common Latin phrase for "<I>year in which I made this</B></I>" used by seventeenth-century painters. The name and the date are not discernible.<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> relined, surface cleaned with scattered strengthening and craquelure throughout<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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