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Monogram artist M.B. (Active in Holland in the 17th century)
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Monogram artist M.B. (Active in Holland in the 17th century)
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Estimate €30,000 - €40,000
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Description
Monogram artist M.B. (Active in Holland in the 17th century)
Composition featuring a tankard, a glass of white wine and a loaf of bread, and Composition featuring a mother-of-pearl cup, a tankard and a lemon
Pair of oil paintings on oak panels, one panel
Signed with the initials and dated ‘M:B:/Fc. /1654’ in the lower right-hand corner
Composition with a tankard, a glass of white wine and a loaf of bread and Composition with a mother-of-pearl bowl, a tankard and a lemon, oils on oak panels, a pair, signed and dated, by the Monogrammist M.B.
15.55 x 12.20 in.
39.5 x 31 cm
Provenance: Van de Sande sale, 1885, according to a note on a label on the reverse;
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, 23 December 1954, lot 323 (attributed to the English School, signed and dated 1654);
Anonymous sale; Paris, Charpentier Gallery, 7 June 1955, lots 11 and 12 (attributed to Maerten Boelema de Stomme);
Espirito Santo Collection;
Anonymous sale; London, Christie’s, 13 December 1996, lot 22 (attributed to Matheus Bloem);
David Koetser Gallery, Zurich, in 1998 (attributed to Matheus Bloem);
Private collection, France
Bibliography: Adriaan van der Willigen, Fred Meijer, *A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-Life Painters Working in Oils 1525–1725*, Leiden, 2003, p. 225 (Appendix A)
Artist signed M.B. (active in Holland in the 17th century)
39.5 x 31 cm
See original version (French)
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About the sale
Old Masters & 19th-century masters
Auction location
Auction time
11/10/2026 at 4:00 PM
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