Property from the Collection of Dr Hinrich Bischoff
Pieter Claesz.
Breakfast still life of a baked fish garnished with capers and a sliced orange on pewter plates, shrimp in a Wanli Kraak porcelain dish, a silver salt, a knife, a claret glass, bread, and rolled pepper, on a draped table
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Property from the Collection of Dr Hinrich Bischoff
Pieter Claesz.
Berchem 1597/8–1660/1 Haarlem
Breakfast still life of a baked fish garnished with capers and a sliced orange on pewter plates, shrimp in a Wanli Kraak porcelain dish, a silver salt, a knife, a claret glass, bread, and rolled pepper, on a draped table
monogrammed on the blade of the knife: PC (in ligature)
oil on two-plank oak panel, bevelled on all four sides
unframed: 33.7 x 47.8 cm.; 13¼ x 18⅞ in.
framed: 48.4 x 62.4 cm.; 19 x 24⅝ in.
Private collection, Norway, traditionally since the early 20th century;
By whom sold anonymously (‘The Property of a European Collector’), New York, Christie’s, 18 May 1995, lot 30 (as Clara Peeters), for $420,500;
Where acquired by Richard Green, London (inv. no. Sp 1041);
Dr Hinrich Bischoff (1936–2005), before September 2000;
Thence by inheritance.
Haarlem, Frans Hals Museum; Zurich, Kunsthaus; and Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Pieter Claesz.: Master of Haarlem Still Life, 27 November 2004 – 4 April 2005; 22 April – 22 August 2005; and 18 September 2005 – 31 December 2005, no. 5;
Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, long-term loan, before September 2000 – March 2025 (inv. no. Dep. 818).
M. Brunner-Bulst, Pieter Claesz. der Hauptmeister des Haarlemer Stillebens im 17. Jahrhundert, Lingen 2004, p. 208, no. 5, reproduced p. 207 (dated c. 1623);
P. Biesboer and M. Brunner-Bulst, in Pieter Claesz.: Master of Haarlem Still Life, P. Biesboer (ed.), exh. cat., Zwolle 2004, p. 115, no. 5, reproduced in colour pp. 23 and 108 (dated c. 1623).
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