Paintings - 12th December 2012

Lot 461

Jan Van Os (Dutch 1744-1808)Still life of grapes

Estimate £70,000 - £100,000

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Description

Jan Van Os (Dutch 1744-1808)
Still life of grapes, quince, fig, melon, medlar, pineapple, peaches, plums, raspberries, sweetcorn, poppies, roses, hollyhocks, morning glory, eryngium, auricula, a bird's nest, on a ledge and in a vase sculpted with bas reliefs, a goldfish bowl to the right
Signed 
Oil on panel, in carved wood frame 
89 x 69cm; 35 x 27in 
Provenance: 
Leger Galleries, 13 Old Bond Street, London, March 1973
The collection of Harry Duckworth, and thence by descent