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Premier Auction - Session I - July 14, 2023

Fri, Jul 14, 2023 09:00AM EDT
  • Collections of the Darsie-Thomson Families, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Lot 488

After Rachel Ruysch

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(Dutch, 1664-1750)

Still Life on a Forest Floor with Peaches, Grapes, a Lizard, Insects, Snails, a Nest, Birds, and Flowers, after a painting in the Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, inv. no. 451, unsigned, likely an Italian 19th/early 20th century copy, oil on canvas, 34-1/2 x 27-1/4 in.; carved Florentine leaf frame, 46 x 38-1/2 in.

Reference: https://rkd.nl/explore/images/193002

Condition

lined with wax and linen, crackle, some points of overcleaning, abrasions, stretcher marks, some points of retouch; frame painted

Property from the Thomson House, 5th Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, built by Thomas Chalmers Darsie; by descent to Anne Darsie Thomson then to Robert Thomson; Gifted 2014 to Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania