Hubert van Ravesteyn
Dordrecht 1638 - Dordrecht 1691
Still Life of Walnuts in a Wan-Li Porcelain Bowl, a glazed Earthenware Jug, and a Pipe and Smoking Materials on a partly draped Table.
Oil on canvas, now in original oval form, 60 x 50 cm
Signed in monogram lower centre: HR and Dated on the tobacco wrapper: Ao 1670
Provenance
H.D. Blyth-Engeland, before 1878;
His sale, London, Christie's, 26 July 1878, lot 224 (14 £ and 6 Shillings by Colnaghi);
Dr. T. Praalder, The Netherlands;
His sale, New York, Sotheby's, 8 January 1981, lot 32 (oval, made out into a rectangular form);
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 1988, lot 45 (for £110,000; oval, made out into a rectangular form));
Private Collection, United Kingdom; Sale Sotheby’s London, 6 December 2018, lot 125, now in its original oval shape.