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Sale 6376 / Lot 23

Jacques de Claeuw (active Dordrecht, The Hague, Leiden; d. after 1676)

A vanitas still life with a globe, books, a skull, a violin, a flute, a letter and flowers on a draped ledge

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Price Realized (Set Currency)

    £32,900
  • ($47,409)
  • Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.
Estimate
    £20,000 - £30,000
  • ($28,820 - $43,230)

Sale Information

Sale 6376
OLD MASTER PICTURES
3 November 2000
London, King Street

Lot Description

Jacques de Claeuw (active Dordrecht, The Hague, Leiden; d. after 1676)
A vanitas still life with a globe, books, a skull, a violin, a flute, a letter and flowers on a draped ledge
oil on panel
14½ x 18½ in. (37 x 47 cm.)

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Provenance

Edmond des Robert, Nancy, 1954.

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Lot Notes

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD for the attribution; he regards the painting as a 'characterstic, fairly early work' of the artist, and compares it to de Claeuw's painting in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. A1444), which is indistinctly dated 16(50).

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