Simon Pietersz. Verelst (La Haye 1644-1721 Londres) Nature morte aux...

Simon Pietersz. Verelst (La Haye 1644-1721 Londres)
Nature morte aux fleurs avec tulipe, coquelicots, œillets et rose trémière dans un vase de verre à pied doré, avec insectes et escargot, sur une table en marbre
huile sur toile

oil on canvas
74 x 61.8cm (29 1/8 x 24 5/16in).

Footnotes

Provenance
C. Manuel, London, June 1935
Sir William Churchman Bt. (1864-1947)
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1995, lot 159 (Property of a Gentleman)
With Richard Green Fine Paintings, London, 1996
Sale, Christie's, London, 19 April 2000, lot 18
Sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 2004, lot 112

Literature
F. G. Meijer, Dutch and Flemish Still-life Paintings bequeathed by Daisy Linda Ward, Zwolle, 2005, p. 147, under no 1.

Dr. Fred Meijer first confirmed the attribution to Simon Verelst at the time of the Sotheby's sale in 1995.
The composition is based on a still life by Willem van Aelst (1627-1683), now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (inv. no. WA1940.2.2).