A silver coffee pot, cups on a tray, a bottle and a candlestick, on a tabletop

Details

Circle of Anne Vallayer-Coster Paris 1744-1818
A silver coffee pot, cups on a tray, a bottle and a candlestick, on a tabletop
oil on canvas, shaped corners
22¼ x 35¾ in. (51.4 x 90.8 cm.)

Provenance

Valcourt.
with Jacques Goudstikker, Amsterdam, 1924.
Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940.
Recovered by the Allies.
in the custody of the Dutch Government.
Restituted in February 2006 to the heir of Jacques Goudstikker.

Literature

E. Michel, Anne Vallayer-Coster 1744-1818, Paris, 1970, no. 231 (as 'probably not Vallayer-Coster').
Old Master Paintings: An illustrated summary catalogue, Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst (The Netherlandish Office for the Fine Arts), The Hague, 1992, p. 295, no. 2608, illustrated.
P.J.J. van Thiel, All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam: A completely illustrated catalogue, first supplement, 1976-91; Amsterdam, 1992, no. C 1523.

Exhibited

The Hague, Schilderkundig Genootschap Pulchri Studio, Catalogue de la Collection Goudstikker d'Amsterdam, November 1924, nos. 28, 120, illustrated.
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, on loan.

Lot Essay

Anne Vallayer-Coster was a Parisian artist who achieved considerable success as a painter of still lifes, and was often compared to Jean-Siméon Chardin. She had a personal and recognizable manner of grouping the fruit, flowers and domestic objects in her compositions, positioning them close to the picture plane and often with elements trailing off the endge of a counter or pointing out towards the viewer's space. The palette in the present work, with its subtle gradations of tone, is characteristic of her manner.

More from Important Old Master Paintings Including Property From the Collection of Jacques Goudstikker

View All