Live Auction 2820Old Master and 19th Century Art
Circle of David Bailly (Leiden 1584-1657)
Lot 38

Circle of David Bailly (Leiden 1584-1657)

A Vanitas with a globe, a manuscript, the head and foot of classical sculptures, a gilt cup and cover, a skull, a violin and shells on a draped table by a curtain

Closed6 May 2009

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EUR 51,400

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Circle of David Bailly (Leiden 1584-1657)
A Vanitas with a globe, a manuscript, the head and foot of classical sculptures, a gilt cup and cover, a skull, a violin and shells on a draped table by a curtain
indistinctly signed '... f:' (upper left)
oil on panel
74.2 x 105.4 cm.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 6 May 1998, lot 124, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

The shells have been kindly identified by R.G. Moolenbeek of the Zoölogisch Museum, Amsterdam:
1. Dimidiate Augur Terebra dimidiata
2. West Indian fighting conch Strombus pugilis
3. West Indian top Cittarium pica
4. Landsnail from West Africa Achatina spec.
5. Tigre cowrie Cypraea tigris
6. Orange spider conch Lambis crocata
7. Turbo spec., artificially treated
8. Landsnail from West Africa Achatina spec.
9. Flame helmet Cassis flammea
10. Pink conch Strombus gigas