Still Life

Artist Pieter Claesz (Dutch, ca. 1597 - 1661)

Date1638

MediumOil on wood panel

DimensionsUnframed: 25 1/4 × 20 3/16 inches (64.14 × 51.28 cm)
Framed: 34 5/16 × 29 11/16 × 2 3/8 inches (87.15 × 75.41 × 6.03 cm)

Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Object number31-114

Signedon left side, center, next to goblet: "PC 1638"

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Not on view

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European Art

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DescriptionLight-gray background; in foreground, a table covered partially with white cloth set with a dish of red raspberries at right, knife with carved handle, pewter plate with partially peeled lemon, an overturned compote, and a small wine vessel (glass in tea pot shape); at left a large, crystal goblet.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Glass Vessels in Dutch Painting of the 17^th Century, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y., August 15–October 1, 1952, no. 5.

Gallery Label

The precious vessels and expensive objects in this still life celebrate the prosperity of the Dutch Republic, the fruit of their far-reaching trade network. An imported Chinese porcelain dish, a round-bellied glass (roemer) of French wine and an assortment of imported Mediterranean delicacies jostle for a place on the table. Arranged in an elegant disarray, these sought-after luxury items allowed the artist to demonstrate his mastery of perspective. They also showcased his skill in depicting various surfaces and textures.

Provenance

Marczell von Nemes (1866-1930), Munich, by 1930;

Purchased at his posthumous sale, Sammlung Marczell von Nemes, Frederik Müller and Co., Paul Cassirer and Hugo Helbing, Munich, June 16, 1931, lot 46, through Harold Woodbury Parsons, by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1931.

Published References

Sammlung Marczell von Nemes: Versteigerung im Auftrage der Testamentsvollstrecker des Nachlasses (Amsterdam: Mensing und Sohn (Frederik Müller and Co.), Berlin: Paul Cassirer, and Munich: Hugo Helbing, 1931), 3.

“Additional Old Masters Secured For Kansas City,” The Art News (February 6, 1932): 1.

Glass Vessels in Dutch Painting of the 17^th Century (Corning, N.Y: Corning Museum of Glass, 1952), 31.

“Glass Vessels in Dutch Paintings,” Gaffer (Summer 1952): 8, (repro.).

Michael Jaffé, “The Flemish and Dutch Schools,” Apollo 96, no. 130 (December 1972): 511–512, (repro.) [repr. in Denys Sutton, ed., William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City (London: Apollo Magazine, 1972), 43-44, (repro.)].

Peter C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America (Washington D.C., The Netherlands–American Amity Trust, 1986), 126, (repro.).

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