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Huybert VAN WESTHOVEN (1642/43-1712)
Still life with fruit a…
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Huybert VAN WESTHOVEN (1642/43-1712)
Still life with fruit a…
See original version (French)
Estimate €15,000 - €20,000
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Description
Huybert VAN WESTHOVEN (1642/43-1712)
Still life with fruit and precious objects on an entablature
Oil on canvas.
H_69,5 cm W_55 cm
Faded.
Signed lower right.
Related works :
Nature morte aux fruits avec un homard dans une coupe en porcelaine et
a cut lemon, oil on canvas, 120 x 102 cm, Sotheby's New York sale
January 12, 1995 (sold for $55,000)
Peaches, grapes, plums and other fruits on a silver plate,
oil on canvas, 68.5 x 72.5 cm, Christie's London sale 13 July 2001
(sold for £15,000)
Huybert van Westhoven was born in The Hague around 1642 and died in Amsterdam in
1712. We know that he married twice and had several children, but his career
his career is still largely unknown. The few
surviving works are of a quality that has nothing to envy to the work of
the work of Jan Davidsz. de Heem, Willem Claesz. Heda, Pieter Claesz,
Osias Beert and Wilhem Kalf.
The seventeenth century was a period of prosperity in the United Provinces
during which the still life established itself as a genre in its own right,
appreciated for its realism and the richness of its settings. They were
transported by boat to neighbouring countries, and in particular to the French market
French market, which was very active at the time. Vanities were one of the most distinctive
of the genre. They remind us of the fleeting nature of beauty,
of beauty, youth and material wealth, evoking the irreversible passage of time
of time and the inevitability of death. They invite us to meditate on the fragility
the fragility of the human condition and spiritual values.
Our painting features luxury objects that suggest the wealth and good taste of their owners.
the wealth and good taste of their owners: a large nautilus on a pedestal and a Chinese
and a Chinese porcelain cup. The opened glass of wine, barely visible in the background
of the composition, and the pocket watch with its gilded chain and key
and key, reinforce the notion of vanity by recalling the ephemeral nature of the
ephemeral nature of the passing of time.
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