Still Life of Fruit on a Red Cloth
manner of Meiffren Conte (c.1630 - 1705)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
545 x 1180 mm
Order this imageCollection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 290389
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Still Life of Fruit on a Red Cloth, manner of Meiffren Conte (fl. 1630 - 1705), 17th century. Fruit lying on the folds of a silver and red cloth draped over a table.
Provenance
Acquired with Calke Abbey's contents, with the aid of a grant provided by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, thanks to a special allocation of money from the Government and transferred in lieu of tax on the estate of Charles Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1917 - 1981) to the National Trust with the house that was given by Henry Jenney Harpur-Crewe (1921- 1991), in 1984
Credit line
Calke Abbey, The Harpur Crewe Collection (acquired by the National Trust with the help of the help of the National Heritage Memorial Fund in 1984)
Makers and roles
manner of Meiffren Conte (c.1630 - 1705), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631 – Antwerp 1695), artist French School, artist