Premier Auction
Sat, Mar 28, 2020 09:00AM EDT
Lot 811
Roelof Koets the Elder
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
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| $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, 1592?1655)A Breakfast Still Life, 1643, a banquetje with strawberries in a wan-li bowl, ham and bread on pewter plates, walnuts, a bekerschroef with a berkemeier glass, grapes and an open chronometer or watch dated "1643", unsigned, oil on panel, 26-3/4 x 31-3/4 in.; modern ripple molding frame, 36-3/8 x 42 in.Note: Brunk Auctions would like to thank Dr. Fred Meijer for his additional authentication of this painting as being by Roelof Koets I. According to Dr. Meijer the painting previously had a Pieter Claesz monogram and date 1643. While the devices used are those often used by Claesz and while the artists often collaborated, he believes the work to be entirely that of Koets.This lot was also authenticated by Dr. Sam Segal, in 1985 and by˜Ingvar Bergstr?m in 1984, both˜after viewing it in person. A photo certificate from Segal accompanies the lot. A large folder of documents and research also accompanies the lot and includes the original receipt and correspondence from Harari & Johns, a transparency, a facsimile of a letter of authentication from personal examination by˜Ingvar Bergstr?m˜dated March 20, 1984.For a similar example from the same period see˜Christie's Amsterdam: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, lot 146.˜, Provenance: Collection Jules Roop, Montreal, Canada; with Kunsthandel P. de Boer in Amsterdam in 1955; Collection Alfred Bader, Milwaukee, 1959, as by P. Claesz; Sotheby's London, October 12, 1983, lot 65, colour ill.; with Harari & Johns, London, exhibited at Pictura Fair, Maastricht, March 1985; Private Collection, Charlottesville, Virginia, purchased in 1985
panel shaved and cradled with two repaired horizontal checks and related retouch, other small points of retouch, some overcleaning; frame with abrasions
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