PHILIPE DE GRAEF (MECHELEN 1636-1685)
An apothecary
oil on panel, shaped top
13 1⁄2 x 11 3⁄8 in. (34.5 x 28.7 cm.)
PHILIPE DE GRAEF (MECHELEN 1636-1685)
An apothecary
oil on panel, shaped top
13 1⁄2 x 11 3⁄8 in. (34.5 x 28.7 cm.)
Captain Edward Purvis, Washington House, Reading; (†) Christie's, London, 19 July 1875, lot 58, as 'G.Dow', catalogued as 'dated 1675' (51 gns. to Cowper). Anonymous sale; Phillips, London, 10 December 1991, lot 55, as 'Philip de Graef'. with Kunsthandel Lilian, Amsterdam, by 1992, as 'Jacob Toorenvliet'.
J. de Maere and M. Wabbes, Illustrated Dictionary of 17th Century Flemish Painters, I, Brussels, 1994, p. 508, as 'Philip de Graef'.
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