A Still Life with a Silver Jug and Fruit
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606 - Antwerp 1684)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1652 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on copper
Measurements
381 x 558 mm (15 x 22 in)
Place of origin
Holland
Order this imageCollection
Tatton Park, Cheshire
NT 1298189
Summary
Oil painting on copper, A Still Life with a Silver Jug and Fruit by Jan Davidsz de Heem (Utrecht 1606 - Antwerp 1684), signed and dated: J. de heem f Ao 1652. A table covered with a blue cloth on which are standing a silver jug and glass roehmer and a pewter plate with lemons; grapes and other fruit fill the composition with a butterfly to the right.
Provenance
A. Delahante sale, Phillips, 3 June 1814, lot 49: bought by Wilbraham Egerton; bequeathed by Maurice Egerton, 4th Baron Egerton of Tatton (1874 - 1958) to the National Trust with the house, gardens and contents of Tatton Park
Makers and roles
Jan Davidsz. de Heem (Utrecht 1606 - Antwerp 1684), artist