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Lot 36
Abraham van Beyeren (The Hague 1620-1690 Overschie)
Mussels in pewter and earthenware plates with an upturned 'Roemer', on a wooden table
Closed14 November 2007
Price Realised
EUR 33,850
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Specialist note
We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 18 September, 2007). A similar composition (in reverse) by van Beyeren is in the Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna.
Related by marriage to the fish painter Pieter de Putter (c. 1600-1659), Van Beyeren was also best known for that genre, in which he may plausibly be regarded as pre-eminent in his generation. As here, Van Beyeren normally painted fish or shell-fish on a table, usually in a rustic interior, depicted in naturalistic brown and grey shades, enlivened with the white flesh tones and with rich contrasts of light and shade. He went on to paint lavish banquet still lifes in the 1650s and 1660s.
Related by marriage to the fish painter Pieter de Putter (c. 1600-1659), Van Beyeren was also best known for that genre, in which he may plausibly be regarded as pre-eminent in his generation. As here, Van Beyeren normally painted fish or shell-fish on a table, usually in a rustic interior, depicted in naturalistic brown and grey shades, enlivened with the white flesh tones and with rich contrasts of light and shade. He went on to paint lavish banquet still lifes in the 1650s and 1660s.