Christie's Old Masters, 25 MAY 10:00 AM EDT |
BALTHASAR VAN DER AST (MIDDELBURG 1593-1657 DELFT)
Tulips, carnations, roses and other flowers in a roemer with shells and a lizard on a ledge
signed 'B. van der Ast' (lower right)
oil on panel
17 x 13 in. (43 x 33 cm.)
van der Ast
(Possibly) Major Ralph Bury (1876-1954), Nazeing, Essex, by whom sold,
(Possibly) Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 December 1947, lot 63 (to Slatter).
with Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam, by 1973.
Adi Huber, Hailer, Germany, by 1980.
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam and London, by 1986, where probably acquired by the father of the present owner.
Douwes Fine Art, advertisement, Apollo, CCXCVII, 1986, unnumbered.
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Summer Exhibition, 1973, no. 6.
Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof, 25e Oude kunst- en antiekbeurs der Vereeniging van Handelaren in Oude Kunst in Nederland, 30 August-19 September 1973.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Grand Gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: sixth international exhibition presented by C.I.N.O.A, La Conféderation internationale des négociants en oeuvres d'art, the International Confederation of Dealers in Works of Art, 19 October 1974-5 January 1975, no. 104.
Amsterdam, Kunsthandel K. & V. Waterman B.V., Masters of Middelburg, exhibition in the honour of Laurens J. Bol, 1984, no. 12.
