Lot 3076* - A208 Old Master Paintings - Friday, 22. March 2024, 02.00 PM
PIETER GALLIS
(The Netherlands 1633 - 1697 Hoorn)
Garlands of fruits and flowers around a bust of Venus before a niche.
Oil on canvas laid on panel.
100 x 81 cm.
Provenance:
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 4.4.1962, Lot 125 (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Drouot, Paris, 23.11.1962, Lot 20. (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Christie's, London, 17.11.1972, Lot 20, (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Bantele, Munich, 4./5.12.1975, Lot 507, . (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Fischer, Lucerne, 10./11.11.1987, Lot 532, . (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Eberhart, Zurich, 28.-30.5.1990, Lot 178, . (as A. Mignon).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
- Sale Koller, Zurich, 21.9.2007, Lot 3078.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature: Kraemer-Noble, Magdalena: Abraham Mignon 1640-1679, Leight-on-Sea 1973, No B248 (under "doubtful works").
In 1981 Ingvar Bergström took the work to be by Abraham Mignon. Dr Fred G. Meijer, on the basis of a photograph, suggested the artist to be Pieter Gallis. This painting is registered at RKD, The Hague as by the hand of Pieter Gallis.
- Sale Sotheby's, London, 4.4.1962, Lot 125 (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Drouot, Paris, 23.11.1962, Lot 20. (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Christie's, London, 17.11.1972, Lot 20, (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Bantele, Munich, 4./5.12.1975, Lot 507, . (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Fischer, Lucerne, 10./11.11.1987, Lot 532, . (as A. Mignon).
- Sale Eberhart, Zurich, 28.-30.5.1990, Lot 178, . (as A. Mignon).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
- Sale Koller, Zurich, 21.9.2007, Lot 3078.
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Literature: Kraemer-Noble, Magdalena: Abraham Mignon 1640-1679, Leight-on-Sea 1973, No B248 (under "doubtful works").
In 1981 Ingvar Bergström took the work to be by Abraham Mignon. Dr Fred G. Meijer, on the basis of a photograph, suggested the artist to be Pieter Gallis. This painting is registered at RKD, The Hague as by the hand of Pieter Gallis.
CHF 10 000 / 15 000 | (€ 10 310 / 15 460)
Sold for CHF 16 250 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.