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A Floral Still Life
Jacob van Walscapelle (Dutch, 1644–1727)
Medium/Technique
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
54.3 x 45.7 cm (21 3/8 x 18 in.)
Framed: 72.4 x 64.8 cm (28 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
Framed: 72.4 x 64.8 cm (28 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo, in support of the Center for Netherlandish Art
Accession Number2021.717
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
As Dutch flower painting developed through the 17th century and into the 18th, the arrangements went from tight and compact to abundant and untidy. Colors became more saturated. Dark backgrounds and shafts of light added drama. But what stayed the same was the appeal of certain varieties, such as striped tulips. Little is known of Jacob van Walscapelle, though his still lifes seem influenced by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, whose work hangs nearby.
InscriptionsSigned lower left: J. Walscapel./F
ProvenancePaul Émile Marius Paulme (b. 1863 – d. 1928), Paris; November 22, 1923, Paulme sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 1, to Morpurgo, probably Joseph Morpurgo Gallery, Amsterdam [see note 1]. 1975, Nordest Gallery, Boston; March 6, 1975, anonymous (Nordest) sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 79, to Newhouse Galleries, New York [see note 2]. 1975 until 1976, Richard Green Gallery, London. By 1979, private collection, Switzerland. 1990, Kunsthandel K. and V. Waterman, Amsterdam; 1990, sold by Waterman to a private collector [see note 3]; January 24, 2008, anonymous ("Property of a Private Collector") sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 26. 2008 until 2009, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London and Bernheimer Fine Old Masters, Munich [see note 4]. By December 2011, Johnny van Haeften Ltd., London [see note 5]; 2012, sold by Johnny van Haeften Ltd. to Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo, Marblehead, MA [see note 6]; 2021, gift of Eijk and Rose-Marie van Otterloo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 15, 2021)
NOTES:
[1] Sold as “École Hollandaise, XVIIe siècle, Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase.” Buyer information is according to Frederik J. Duparc in Dutch and Flemish Masterworks: From the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection (Boston, 2020), p. 129.
[2] According to the 2008 Sotheby’s catalogue, Nordest Gallery anonymously put the painting up for sale as “Property of a Lady” in the 1975 Sotheby’s sale.
[3] Provenance information is according to the 2008 Sotheby’s catalogue.
[4] Colnaghi exhibited the painting at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers’ Show, New York, October 17-23, 2008, and Colnaghi and Bernheimer Fine Old Masters showed the painting at TEFAF, Maastricht, March 13-22, 2009. Bernheimer acquired Colnaghi in 2001.
[5] Johnny van Haeften Ltd., exhibited the painting at TEFAF, Maastricht, March 16-25, 2012.
[6] According to Duparc 2020 (see above, note 1), p. 129.
NOTES:
[1] Sold as “École Hollandaise, XVIIe siècle, Bouquet de fleurs dans un vase.” Buyer information is according to Frederik J. Duparc in Dutch and Flemish Masterworks: From the Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo Collection (Boston, 2020), p. 129.
[2] According to the 2008 Sotheby’s catalogue, Nordest Gallery anonymously put the painting up for sale as “Property of a Lady” in the 1975 Sotheby’s sale.
[3] Provenance information is according to the 2008 Sotheby’s catalogue.
[4] Colnaghi exhibited the painting at the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers’ Show, New York, October 17-23, 2008, and Colnaghi and Bernheimer Fine Old Masters showed the painting at TEFAF, Maastricht, March 13-22, 2009. Bernheimer acquired Colnaghi in 2001.
[5] Johnny van Haeften Ltd., exhibited the painting at TEFAF, Maastricht, March 16-25, 2012.
[6] According to Duparc 2020 (see above, note 1), p. 129.