17th century Flemish and Dutch paintings

Mertens, Attributed to W., SOLD
A Pronk still life with fruit, a Columbine cup, a Roemer glass on a blue casket, sheets of music and instruments
Oil on canvas : 80,8 X 110,8 cm
Unsigned
Frame : 97,1 X 128,7 cm
 
I would like to thank Dr. Fred Meijer who has given the attribution
 
Provenance: the William Humphreys Art Gallery in Kimberley, 
South Africa
 
Published by Carmen, J. (1994). 'Seventeenth-century Dutch and Flemish paintings in South Africa: A Checklist of Paintings in Public Collections'. Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, illustrated on p.47.
 
Our cost price 21.538 €
= acquisition price 18.989 € + expences 2.549 € (shipment 125 + import tax 2.000 € + restoration 424 €)

Our profit 30 % 

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SOLD