JOHANNES BOUMAN | STILL LIFE OF FRUIT IN A KRAAK BOWL, ON A LEDGE

Property from a Private Connecticut Collection
JOHANNES BOUMAN
Strasbourg 1601 - 1658 Utrecht
STILL LIFE OF FRUIT IN A KRAAK BOWL, ON A LEDGE

signed on ledge lower right: Boumann fec
oil on panel
panel: 23¼ by 29¼ in.; 59 by 74.3 cm.
framed: 30 by 35½ in.; 76.2 by 90.2 cm.

Condition Report:
The panel is flat, cradled, and stable. A still life image reads well with the bold colors of fruits retained despite some thinning in the grapes. A thin horizontal crack runs the length of the panel about 6 inches from the bottom as well as another thin crack 4 inches in length at upper right; both have been repaired and are barely noticeable. Two diagonal lines at the bottom edge on the stone ledge could be retouching or may be inherent to the original paint surface. Under UV inspection, retouching to the longer of the cracks is visible along with some scattered strokes in the shadows on either side of the bowl and along the stone ledge. Older retouches may be masked by the varnish. The painting can certainly hang as is. Offered in a decoratively carved giltwood frame.

Provenance:
New York art market, 1952

Victor Spark, New York, until 1965, when sold to private collector;

By whom sold, New York, Sotheby's, January 14, 1988, lot 98;

Where acquired.