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Studio of Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)
Lot 153 THE PROPERTY OF A LADY

Studio of Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)

Apples, grapes, a pomegranate, figs and other fruit spilled from an overturned basked, with a monkey with a hazelnut and another with grapes on a draped table

Closed9 July 2014

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Studio of Frans Snyders (Antwerp 1579-1657)
Apples, grapes, a pomegranate, figs and other fruit spilled from an overturned basked, with a monkey with a hazelnut and another with grapes on a draped table
oil on panel
26 5/8 x 37 3/8 in. (67.7 x 95 cm.)

by descent to G.N. Le G. Horton-Fawkes, Farnley Hall, Yorkshire; Christie's, London, 14 April 1978, lot 36. (£10,000).
with David Koetser, Zurich.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 December 1979, lot 95, as 'Frans Snyders' (£16,000).

Specialist note

The collection at Farnley Hall, Yorkshire, was largely formed by Walter Fawkes, best know for his patronage of Joseph Mallord William Turner, who was a regular visitor to the house. Fawkes' outstanding acquisition, Turner's celebrated Dort is now in the Mellon Centre for British Art, New Haven. The present picture was long believed and published as by Frans Snyders, until in 1994 the prime version appeared at auction (Christie's, London, 18 May 1994, lot 27.).