PIETER VAN DEN BOSCH THE YOUNGER | A TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A SWAG OF GRAPES, PEARS, PEACHES, APPLES, PLUMS, AND BUTTERFLIES DECORATING A NICHE WITH A GLASS ROEMER

Property of a Distinguished European Private Collection
PIETER VAN DEN BOSCH THE YOUNGER
Amsterdam circa 1612 - after 1663 London
A TROMPE L'OEIL STILL LIFE WITH A SWAG OF GRAPES, PEARS, PEACHES, APPLES, PLUMS, AND BUTTERFLIES DECORATING A NICHE WITH A GLASS ROEMER

signed and dated lower center: P. v. Bosch . f 1654
oil on canvas, unframed
40½ by 32⅝ in.; 102.9 by 82.9 cm.

Condition Report:
The following condition report has been provided by Simon Parkes of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc. 502 East 74th St. New York, NY 212-734-3920, simonparkes@msn.com, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.

Much of this work is in very good condition. There is a recent break in the canvas in the alcove in the center, running about 6 inches vertically, which has not been very well restored. The lining is slightly uneven. If the lining were changed, and the work cleaned and retouched more accurately, the picture would be seen to be in very good condition.

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Provenance:
Dr. Law Adam, Far End, France Hill Drive, Camberley;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 2 July 1928, lot 72 (as J.D. De Heem, to Collings);

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 20 June 1989, lot 247 (as Paulus van den Bosch);

There acquired for $38,197.