Circle of Edward Collier

Circle of Edward Collier

Still life with musical instruments, scores and books on a table draped with a rug

Oil on canvas

72 x 119.5cm; 28¾ x 47in

Provenance:

Sotheby's, London, 11 October 1946, lot 35, where purchased by Edward Croft-Murray;

From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)

Exhibited:

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, William & Mary and their Time, June-August 1950, no. 4 (as Attributed to Collier)

The two books shown are Thesaurus Musicus (1696) and A Collection of Ayres by Henry Purcell (1697). The latter shows an engraved portrait of Purcell after John Closterman (1670-1711).

A possible attribution to Thomas Warrender (1662-c.1715) has been suggested.