Still life with large jar
Maker
After
(artist)
1629-1700
(artist)
1629-1700
Title
Still life with large jar
Date of Production
1660 - 1699
Medium
bodycolour on paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Width: 28.5 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4272
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Label Text
This still life, which may be a copy after a lost original, brings together man-made treasures with natural delights in a statement of calculated luxury. Several of the objects, including the mounted shell and the large frosted silver jar, appear in other works by Roestraten. The success of these paintings may partly have been due to the illusion which they offered their owners. The low viewpoint brings the viewer close to the objects and seems calculated to heighten the impact of the lavish display.
Provenance
anonymous sale, Sotheby's (London), 16 November 1949, lot 34; purchased there by Colnaghi (London) on behalf of Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b (£11); Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Second Nature, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 14/06/2000-03/09/2000
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to bodycolour.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Recto: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Recto: graphite: “Roestraten”.
Collector's mark: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Recto: stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Mount (removed, cut down and now in file), Recto: graphite: “Roestraten”.
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