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Lot 27

Circle of Frans Snyders
(Antwerp 1579-1657)
A still life of fruit in a basket on a stone ledge with two monkeys, beneath a draped curtain

6 July 2016, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £15,375 inc. premium

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Circle of Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)

A still life of fruit in a basket on a stone ledge with two monkeys, beneath a draped curtain
bears signature 'F.Snyders. fecit' (on basket, centre right)
oil on canvas
101 x 121cm (39 3/4 x 47 5/8in).

Footnotes

Provenance
With The Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1938
Knight Frank & Rutley, London, 28-29 October 1952
With Volterra Gallery, Florence
Giuseppe Rossi Collection
His sale, Sotheby's, London, 10-12 March 1999, lot 1574, where purchased by the present owner

Exhibited
London, The Matthiesen Gallery, Still Life: After Caravaggio, 1938, cat. no. 3 (as by Frans Snyders)

Literature
Still Life: After Caravaggio, exh. cat., London, 1938, cat. no. 3, ill.

We are grateful to Fred Meijer for suggesting that this composition may be derived from Jan Fyt (1611-1661).

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