Vanitas Still Life of Musical Instruments
manner of Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraeten (Haarlem c.1630 – London 1700)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1770 - 1899
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
279 x 254 mm (11 x 10 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 792011
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Vanitas Still Life of Musical Instruments, in the manner of Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraeten (Haarlem c.1630 – London 1700), late 18th to 19th century. A fiddle and bow, a flute, a globe, an open and a closed book, and a music-book, all rest on a gold-fringed red velvet tablecloth. A piece of paper bears the inscription HAEC / MEA / VOLUP / TAS, and in smaller letters; FINIS. The page of an open book is inscribed; Beschrybinghe / van / BREDA. Inscribed Josiah Pattinson on reverse and may be the artist or the owner. There are books in the Scotney collection also inscribed in the 18th century: ‘Josiah Patenson Ashford Kent'.
Provenance
?Josiah Pattinson; bequeathed to Scotney Castle by Christopher Edward Clive Hussey (1899-1970)
Credit line
Scotney Castle, THe Hussey Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: In black ink on back of panel - Iosiah Pattinson Esqr or Pinxt (?); printed label of GIFFORD [ampersand] SON / CARVERS [ampersand] GILDERS, [ampersand]c. / 187 UNION ST. / ABERDEEN
Makers and roles
manner of Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraeten (Haarlem c.1630 – London 1700), artist after Edwaert Collier (fl.1662 - 1708), artist