Sale 205 Lot 1098

GASPAR PIETER VERBRUGGEN II (Flemish, 1664 - 1730). Roses, Peonies, Lilies and Other Flowers in an Urn Resting on a Stone Ledge Before a Niche, Oil on canvas. Signed lower right: gasper.pedro.Verbruggen f. Framed. - 49 3/4 by 41 3/8 in.
Estimate $15,000-22,000

PROVENANCE
With Lewis & Simmons, Inc., according to a label on the
stretcher; Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 2 December 1976, lot
250; Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 january 2015, lot
467; There acquired.

EXHIBITED
Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute of Art.

Catalogue Note: Sotheby's added the following note (in 2015): "We are grateful to Dr. Fred G. Meijer for confirming that the present work is characteristic of Gaspar Pieter Verbruggen, following first-hand inspection." Dr. Fred G. Meijer is a well-known art historian and an acclaimed connoisseur in the field of Dutch and Flemish seventeenth-century painting. He is widely recognized as a leading specialist in still-life painting of the period, as well as for his profound knowledge of other areas, such as genre painting, portraiture, and non-Netherlandish still-life painting.

ARTIST PROFILE: Gaspar Peeter Verbruggen or Gasparo Pedro Verbruggen was a Flemish still life painter who is principally known for his decorative still lifes with flowers and fruit. He collaborated with figure artists on compositions which combined figures with a still life element. He was active in Antwerp and The Hague.[2] Verbruggen was a specialist still life painter. He practised many of the sub-genres of still life such as fruit still lifes, flower pieces and garland paintings. In its use of broad, impasto brush strokes, the style of his work reflects developments initiated by Italian artists Mario Nuzzi and Michele Pace del Campidoglio. The work of the French painter Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer was also an influence.[6] His works represent a development towards a more decorative style in late 17th century Flemish still life painting. He placed the flower bouquets in his compositions in large stone vases or arranged them in the form of garlands around these vases or garden ornaments. The vases were often placed in outdoor settings with figures. His style was followed by Jan Baptist Bosschaert, Simon Hardimé, Pieter Hardimé and Pieter Casteels III. His large vertical paintings with their tripartite division had an influence on Jan Baptist Bosschaert.