Follower of Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, 1597-1660) Still Life on a Table with a White Tablecloth, an ...

Follower of Pieter Claesz. (Dutch, 1597-1660) Still Life on a Table with a White Tablecloth, an Earthenware Jug with a Pewter Lid, a Westphalian Bone-in Ham, a Nuppenglas Cup, and Bread attributed on a presentation plaque; with labels from Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Connecticut, and Christie's, New York (affixed to the reverse of the panel and frame); identified on a catalogue entry (affixed to the reverse of the panel) oil on panel 40.0 x 53.0 cm (15 3/4 x 20 7/8 in). framed 55.0 x 68.0 x 5.0 cm (21 11/16 x 26 13/16 x 2 in). Footnotes: Provenance Lempertz, Köln, Alte Hunst, May 26-May 28, 1971, Auction 517, lot 229, ill. Tafel 15. Sold as attributed to Pieter Claesz. Christie's, New York, Old Master Paintings, October 5, 1995, Auction 8284, lot 126. Sold as School of Pieter Claesz. Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Connecticut, New Year's Day Auction, January 1, 2019, Auction 1172, lot 702. A Newport, Rhode Island, estate (acquired from the previous). N.B. The present work is likely a copy after an original by Pieter Claesz. held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich (no. 157). RKD scholars have previously suggested Pieter van Berendrecht (1616-1662) as a possible attribution for the present work. This work has been examined via digital images by the Netherlands Institute for Art History (RKD). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing