Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631-1695 Antwerp)
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Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631-1695 Antwerp)

Peaches, grapes, oranges, a partially peeled lemon, medlars and other fruit on a two-tiered stone ledge, with nuts, a grasshopper and a butterfly before a niche

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Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631-1695 Antwerp)
Peaches, grapes, oranges, a partially peeled lemon, medlars and other fruit on a two-tiered stone ledge, with nuts, a grasshopper and a butterfly before a niche
signed 'C DE HEEM. f' (lower left, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
26 ¾ x 22 ¾ in. (68 x 57.7 cm.)

Brought to the United States from The Netherlands by the grandparents of the present owners in the 1930s.

Specialist note

Fred G. Meijer, who has inspected this painting at firsthand, considers it a typical late work and suggests it may be a collaboration with the artist's son, David de Heem (1663-1714).