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A Delft Bowl with Fruit

Michiel van Huysumc.1730

Dulwich Picture Gallery

Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom

As noted by F. Meijer, DPG42 and DPG61 are versions of a pair in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, signed by Michael van Huysum, one of which bears the date 1729. The signatures on the Dulwich paintings have both been converted at some time to read 'Jan van Huysum' and in each case the 'M' is now defaced.

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  • Title: A Delft Bowl with Fruit
  • Creator Lifespan: 1703 - 1777
  • Date: c.1730
  • Physical Dimensions: w324 x h400 cm
  • Type: Painting
  • Medium: Oil
  • null: Pendant to DPG61.Note in file: ‘According to Fred Meijer there is a version in the Fitzwilliam (Brompton Coll.) cataloged as Michael van Huysum. 42 and 61 are of the same quality. Signatures look doctored. Probably both had been signed works by Michiel. 3/7/96’Acc. to Smith signed and dated 1736 and 1737.Beresford, 1998, p. 138, writes ‘The signatures on the Dulwich paintings have both been converted at some time to read ‘Jan van Huysum’ and in each case the ‘M’ is now defaced.’Previous provenance for DPG42 and its pair DPG61 has included Desenfans Sale, 1802, lots 144 and 145 (descriptive catalogue no. 137), however the pictures on sale in 1802 were on copper while the DPG pictures are on panel.
  • Work Nationality: Dutch
  • Support: Panel
  • Provenance: M. Braamcamp, 1752; sold Amsterdam, 31 Sep. 1771, lot 95 or 96 (for 800 flo., 7sl). Bt Fouquet; Redleaf, William Wells; London, Noel Desenfans, 1791/2-1807: Evening Mail inventory, 1791-1792 (Drawing Room, 'A fruit piece'); London, Skinner and Dyke, Desenfans sale, 18 Mar. 1802, lot 145; London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
  • Inscriptions: Jan Van Huysum
  • Artist: van Huysum, Michiel
  • Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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