description

Pieter Claesz (Berchem [Antwerp] 1597/1598 - Haarlem 1661)

indistinctly signed with monogram PC and dated 1644 in the center right
oil on panel
28 ¼ x 23 ½ inches (72 x 59.5 cm)

Provenance

Johnny Van Haeften, London, 1984, from whom acquired by
Andy Williams, Los Angeles, California, 1984 – 2000
Johnny Van Haeften, London, by 2001, from whom acquired by
Private Collection, Virginia, until the present time

Literature

Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, Johnny Van Haeften, London, 1984, no. 7, illustrated
Martina Brunner-Bulst, Pieter Claesz. Der Hauptmeister des Haarlemer Stillebens im 17. Jahrhundert, Luca Verlag, Lingen, 2004, p. 279, no. 129, illustrated
Dutch and Flemish Old Master Paintings, Johnny Van Haeften, London, 2002, no. 11, illustrated

Exhibition

Maastricht, TEFAF, March 2002, with Johnny Van Haeften

Detail Description

Pieter Claesz is among the most important still life painters in Holland during the seventeenth century. This panel from 1644 comes from the decade of the peak of his productivity. Painting light and its ever-changing reflections, Claesz brilliantly captures its impermanence to create a timeless feast.