Still life with lobster and vase - Claes BERGOIJS (?-1668)

Exceptional still life with fruits and a porcelain cup and vase.

Bibliography:

F.G. Meijer and A. van der Willigen, A Dictionary of Dutch and Flemish Still-Life painters working in oils 1525-1725, Leiden 2003, p. 36.

Described by DR F Meijer and van der Willigen as "an extremely prolific still-life", this is the largest recorded painting by the Amsterdam painter Claes Bergois. The rarity of the work is compounded by its landscape format, which was tackled very few times by the artist.

Trafalgar Galleries, London , inv./cat.nr 19 (1993), 2 (1999) en 37 (2009)
steeds met afbeelding in kleur ; getoond op TEFAF, Maastricht, 1999-03
1988 - 2009 1993 en 2009 in catalogus, 1999 getoond op TEFAF, Maastricht

Signature lower left

Painting exhibited at TEFAF in 1999.

Dimensions with frame 147 x 110 cm