Live Auction 2820Old Master and 19th Century Art
Jan Fyt (Antwerp 1611-1661)
Lot 51

Jan Fyt (Antwerp 1611-1661)

Tulips, roses and other flowers in a copper bucket with asparagus and figs

Closed6 May 2009

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EUR 18,750

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Jan Fyt (Antwerp 1611-1661)
Tulips, roses and other flowers in a copper bucket with asparagus and figs
with signature 'J. FYT' (upper right)
oil on canvas
92.3 x 78.5 cm.

Probably anonymous sale; Bukowski, Stockholm, 2 April 1952, lot 118 (as 125 x 98 cm.).
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1963-4.

Specialist note

The present lot appears to be a second version of the centre part of Fyt's large, signed composition in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg (inv. no. 4575). We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs (verbal communication, 22 September 2008).