Ernst Stuven (1657-1712), Still life with grapes and peaches

Ernst Stuven (1657-1712)

Still life with grapes and peaches

with name and date 'Guill.mo van Aelst 1679' (upper left)

oil on canvas, 37,5x31 cm

Provenance:-Collection Chavannes, Rotterdam.-With Kunsthandel Charles Roelofsz B.V., Amsterdam, 12 November 1998, as: ‘Willem van Aelst’, where acquired by the family of the present owner.

Ernst Stuven followed Johannes Voorhout (1647-1717), who painted portraits in Hamburg, to Amsterdam to become his pupil. After his training from Voorhout, Stuven painted flower and fruit still lifes with Willem van Aelst (1627-1683) and Abraham Mignon (1640-1679). Stuven became well-known in Amsterdam as an independent master.