Still life of fruit, including lemons, grapes, pears and cherries, together with a hazelnut, all arranged on a table largely draped with a blue cloth | 《靜物：桌子上的檸檬、葡萄、紅梨、櫻桃及一顆榛子，藍色布覆蓋大半桌面》, Jan Davidsz. de Heem

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Jan Davidsz. de Heem
Utrecht 1606 - 1683/4 Antwerp
Still life of fruit, including lemons, grapes, pears and cherries, together with a hazelnut, all arranged on a table largely draped with a blue cloth

signed and dated upper left: J. De heem f / Ao. i653 (see catalogue note)
oil on canvas
19.1 x 23.5 cm.; 7½ x 9¼ in.

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楊・戴維茨・德・赫姆 1606 - 1684年
《靜物：桌子上的檸檬、葡萄、紅梨、櫻桃及一顆榛子，藍色布覆蓋大半桌面》

款識：藝術家簽名並紀年J. De heem f / Ao. i653（左上，見圖錄說明）
油彩畫布
19.1 x 23.5 公分；7½ x 9¼ 英寸

Condition Report:
The following condition report is provided by Thomas Art Conservation who is an external specialist and not an employee of Sotheby's:

Jan Davidz de Heem
Still Life

This small picture is in very good condition overall, free of wear and any meaningful loss. The freshness of the colors and delicacy of the paint handling are immediately apparent. Note how even the miniscule hairs on the caterpillar remain perfectly intact. Only the blue pigment used for the draped fabric shows any aging effects; here a slight amount of agerelated fading has developed. The few lines of craquelure in the paint are only visible under the closest examination. The painting appears to be nearly without retouching, with only a few very minor retouches in the lemon, visible under ultraviolet (UV) illumination. There may exist some touches of restoration around the date, but UV did not reveal any further insight. The picture has been glue lined to a secondary plain weave canvas, and attached to a five-member keyable bridle-joint stretcher. The tacking margins and turnover edges are covered with brown paper tape. The support is planar and appears to be structurally sound. A thick and slightly dull synthetic varnish coats the surface; although apparently free of discoloration, the darks are not completely saturated by the varnish and the surface has a slightly waxy appearance. This painting may be displayed in its current state. If desired, the
saturation of the varnish could be boosted slightly with a light coat of a lower molecular weight varnish.

Provenance:
Van Saceghem, Ghent;

His sale, Brussels, Le Roy, 2 June 1851, lot 20, for 90 Francs;

Possibly Sir Edward Bacon;

Barnet Lewis, 2 Hamilton Place, London, and Foxbush, Hildenborough, Kent;

His posthumous sale, London, Christie's, 28 February 1930, lot 93 (as dated 1653), for 50 Guineas to Heather;

With Arthur Tooth, London, 1931–33;

Sydney J van den Bergh, Wassenaar, by 1959 until after 1965;

With Edward Speelman, London;

With Herman Shickman, New York, 1968;

John Lowenthal, New York, 1968;

Private collection, New York.