Jacques de claeuw biography of christopher

Jacques de Claeuw (Dordrecht 1623 – 1694 Leiden)

Vanitas still-life with a globe, books, skull, violin, flute, letter and flowers on a draped ledge

Oil on panel, 36.8 x 46.8 cm (14.5 x 18.4 inch); presented in a black frame of 17th-century model

Inscribed with monogram and date ‘[.]DB 1649’ on reverse, possibly applied by the artist.

Provenance
~ Collection Edmond du Robert, Nancy, France, 1954
~ Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 3 September 2000, lot 23, repr.
~ With Johnny van Haeften, London, 2002
~ With Otto Naumann, New York
~ With Dr A.

Wieg Fine Art, Amsterdam, 2007
~ Private collection, Europe

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Musical instruments, mighty vellum-bound folios, withering roses and tulips, a globe and an oil lamp, arranged on a table draped with a purple cloth, set against a crudely plastered wall.

The brushwork is loose and fluent, spontaneous and even distinctly modern in certain areas, in which the artist displays his virtuoso mastery of paint. The panel has been prepared wi