Adriaen van der Spelt (Leiden 1630-1673 Gouda)

Flowers in a glass vase on a marble ledge with two butterflies

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Adriaen van der Spelt (Leiden 1630-1673 Gouda)
Flowers in a glass vase on a marble ledge with two butterflies
signed and dated 'A.V. Spelt. F 1665' (lower right)
oil on panel
17¼ x 13 5/8 in. (43.8 x 34.6 cm.)

Provenance

(Possibly) Landesmuseum, Gotha.
with D. Hermsen, The Hague, October 1933, no. 28.
with Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1935.
A.C.J.A. Stöcker, Amsterdam, by 1954.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel George V, Paris, 12-13 April 1989, lot 16.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York.

Literature

L.J. Bol, Holländische Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts nahe den grossen Meistern, Braunschweig, 1969, pp. 305-307, fig. 281.

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Catalogus van de tentoonstelling van bloemstukken van oude meesters in de N.V. Kunsthandel P. de Boer, 20 June-20 July 1935, no. 123.
Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Nederlandse stillevens uit vier eeuwen, July-September 1954, no. 91.

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Lot Essay

According to his biographer Arnold Houbraken, Adrian van der Spelt was born in Leiden to a family originally from Gouda. Around 1664, he began working at the court of Frederick William I, Elector of Brandenburg. This elegant still-life, painted in 1665, was completed during Van der Spelt's residence in Berlin. Since 1989, the addition of an upright petal on the pink rose has been removed, restoring this painting to its original composition.

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