Bartholomeus Assteyn

Bartholomeus Abrahamsz. Assteyn (Dordrecht 1607–1667) Still life with grapes, peaches and other fruit in a porcelain dish, oil on canvas, 53 x 64.2 cm, framed Provenance: collection of Antonio und Liliane Mariani, San Francisco. We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed this painting to be an authentic work by Assteyn having examined a photograph of it. In the “Lexikon der holländischen Still lifemaler im 17. Jahrhundert” it states, “Bartholomeus Abrahamsz. Assteyn was one of the painters of the Bosschaert School, that is, of the circle of painters, who came under the stylistic influence of Ambrosius Bosschaert and his followers. Assteeyn’’’’s work demonstrates a close affinity with the work of Johannes Bosschaert, one of the sons of Ambrosius Bosschaerts the Elder... Characteristic of his still lifes with fruit are leafy branches and twigs and plump grapes. L. J. Bol describes Assteyn’’’’s artist development as a move from multi-hued to tonal coloration, from a hard to a supple, flowing treatment of forms, from a richly contrasting representation of light and dark to a more natural lighting in his pictures...”

Auktion A156 Lot 3029 - 01 April 2011 15:00 ASSTEYN, BARTHOLOMEUS ABRAHAMSZ. (1607 Dordrecht circa 1667) Fruit still life in aporcelain bowl on a table with insects. 1641. Oilon panel. Signed and dated lower left on the table top :B. Assteijn. 1641. 59.5 x 84.3 cm. Provenance: - Richard Green, London 1994. - Christie's, London,29. 10. 1999, Lot 37. - European private collection Ourthanks to Fred G. Meijer of RKD The Hague, for examining thepainting in the original and confirming its authenticity. CHF 100 000.- / 140 000.- € 74 770.- / 104 680.- ASSTEYN, BARTHOLOMEUS ABRAHAMSZ. (1607 Dordrecht um 1667)Früchtestilleben in einer Porzellanschale auf einem Tisch undInsekten. 1641. Öl auf Holz. Unten links auf der Tischplattesigniert und datiert: B. Assteijn. 1641. 59,5 x 84,3 cm. Provenienz: - Richard Green, London 1994. - Auktion Christie's,London, 29. 10. 1999, Los 37. - Europäische Privatsammlung. Einvergleichbarer Porzellanteller mit Früchten auf einer Tischplattefindet sich auf dem 1632 datierten und mit B. Assteyn signiertenStilleben, welches sich 1937 bei Guy Stein in Paris befand (Öl aufHolz, 78 x 108,5 cm, siehe RKD Nr. 17601 und Bol, Laurens J.:Bartholomeus Assteijn: Dordts schilder van blommen en fruyten, in:Oud-Holland, 1953, Nr. 3). Wir danken Fred G. Meijer vom RKD, DenHaag, für die Bestätigung der Eigenhändigkeit nach Begutachtung desOriginals. CHF 100 000.- / 140 000.- € 74 770.- / 104680.-

* ASSTEYN, BARHOLOMEUS (1607Dordrecht 1667) Still life with fruit and flowers,butterflies and insects. 1649. Oil on panel. Almostillegibly signed and dated in lower centre: 1649. 46.5 x51.5 cm. With a copy of a certificate by Fred G. Meijer,RKD, The Hague, dated 23.4.2002, certifying the authenticity ofthis work. CHF 8 000.- / 12 000.- € 5 930.- / 8890.-

LOT 27 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN BARTHOLOMEUS ASSTEYN DORDRECHT 1607 - 1667/77 STILL LIFE OF PEACHES AND GRAPES IN A WAN-LI PORCELAIN BOWL,TOGETHER WITH A BUTTERFLY, ALL ARRANGED ON A TABLE PARTLY DRAPEDWITH A RED CLOTH 15,000—20,000 GBP measurements measurements note 58.4 by 71.3 cm.; 23 by 28 in. Description signed and dated lower left: B. Assteijn./1659 oil on canvas PROVENANCE Jonkheer V.L. Vegelin Claerbergen;His deceased sale, Leeuwarden, Kutsch, 6-9 April 1846, lot 3 (as B.van der Ast);Jonkheer W. Gockinga, Groningen;His sale (and others), Amsterdam, Van Pappelendam Schouten, 14-15August 1883;Possibly acquired by an ancestor of the present owner in that sale,and in any case believed to have been in the possession of hisfamily since at least the early 19th Century. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES L.J. Bol, "Bartholomeus Assteijn", in Oud Holland, vol. LXVIII,1953, p. 147, under no. 17.

LOT 123 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN BARTHOLOMEUS ASSTEYN DORDRECHT 1607 - 1667/77 STILL LIFE OF PEACHES AND GRAPES IN A WAN-LI PORCELAIN BOWL, TOGETHER WITH A BUTTERFLY, ALL ARRANGED ON A TABLE PARTLY DRAPED WITH A RED CLOTH 30,000—40,000 GBP measurements measurements note 58.4 by 71.3 cm.; 23 by 28 in. Description signed and dated lower left: B. Assteijn./1659 oil on canvas PROVENANCE Jonkheer V.L. Vegelin Claerbergen; His deceased sale, Leeuwarden, Kutsch, 6-9 April 1846, lot 3, as B. van der Ast; Jonkheer W. Gockinga, Groningen; His sale (and others), Amsterdam, Van Pappelendam Schouten, 14-15 August 1883; Possibly acquired by an ancestor of the present owner in that sale, and in any case believed to have been in the possession of his family since at least the early 19th Century. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES L.J. Bol, "Bartholomeus Assteijn", in Oud Holland, vol. LXVIII, 1953, pp. 136-148.