JOHANNES FRIS

JOHANNES FRIS
(1626 Amsterdam 1672)Still life with a rummer, bread roll, wine glass and oysters.Oil on panel.Remains of a signature and date: J. B(...) 166(...).35.8 × 26.4 cm.

Lot 6005 - ibid160 Old Master Paintings - online only

Provenance:
- With Paul Cassirer, Berlin.
- Dr Carl Bilfinger collection (1879–1958), Stuttgart.
- Swiss private collection, since 1955.
- By inheritance to the present owner.

We thank Dr Fred G. Meijer for confirming the authenticity of the painting on the basis of a photograph.

Oil on panel. Verso panel trimmed on the left and lower edges. Paint surface well preserved, somewhat thin in places, with a fine network of craquelure. Minimal colour abrasion along the margins.
Under UV light areas of retouching visible on the still-life elements, as well as further areas of retouching in the background. Varnish fluoresces unevenly greenish.
Frame: 53 × 43.3 cm.

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