Pieter Claesz.

Skull, Lamp, Book, and Pen



Pieter Claesz. - Skull, Lamp, Book, and Pen



Pieter Claesz.
Skull, Lamp, Book, and Pen
1628
24.1 x 36.9 cm
Oil on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Rogers Fund


Literature

Collection catalogues
Walter Liedtke, Dutch paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New Haven, 2007, nr. 28

Literature
Christopher D.M. Atkins, The Signature Style of Frans Hals, [Amsterdam], 2012, fig. 55


Exhibitions

2004 Pieter Claesz : master of Haarlem still life, Nr. 18
1999 Still-Life Paintings from the Netherlands 1550-1720, Nr. 15

Provenance

Graeff van Polsbroek, Amsterdam (by 1877–84)
sale, van Pappeldam and Schouten, Amsterdam, May 16, 1877, no. 28, bought in
sale, Muller and van Pappeldam, Amsterdam, October 14, 1884, no. 20
Chevalier Alphonse de Stuers, Madrid and Paris (1884–at least 1912)
by descent to H. de Stuers (until 1947)
sale, Fischer, Lucerne, October 21–25, 1947, no. 2975
with N. Katz, Dieren, until 1949, exchanged with Kleinberger
with Kleinberger, New York, 1949, sold to MMA

External links

RKD 555
Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession number 49.107

Other works by Pieter Claesz.


Pieter Claesz. Ontbijtje with herring, shrimps, bread roll, youtvat, glass of red wine and half an orange
Ontbijtje with herring, shrimps, bread roll, youtvat, glass of red wine and half an orange
c. 1623

Pieter Claesz. Vanitas Still Life
Vanitas Still Life
1625

Pieter Claesz. Open book, Skull, Violin, and Oil Lamp
Open book, Skull, Violin, and Oil Lamp
1629

Pieter Claesz. Herring with a Glass of Beer and a Roll
Herring with a Glass of Beer and a Roll
1636

Pieter Claesz. Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
Vanitas Still Life with the Spinario
1628