fine art + antiques - Bruun Rasmussen

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d u T ch P ainT er,
17T h cenT ury
Flower still life with bouquet of tulips, roses, poppies
and irises in a vase on a stone sill, also butter-
flies, snail and spider. Unsigned. Oil on canvas.
58 x 48 cm.
The painting can be dated to the second half of the
17th century. Stylistically the motif brings to mind
painters like De Heem and Abraham Mignon.
DKK 40,000-50,000 / € 5,350-6,700
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a n T hony van d yck, sT y L e oF,
17T h-18T h cenT ury
the Holy Family. Unsigned. Oil on canvas.
33 x 41 cm. DKK 20,000-30,000 / € 2,700-4,000
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Jean BaPTisT e m onnoyer
den æL dre, ascriB ed T o
b. Lille 1636, d. London 1699
Flower still life with tulips, peonies and lilies among
others. Unsigned. Oil on canvas. 96 x 124 cm.
At the moment Statens Museum for Kunst (The Danish
National Gallery) focuses on flowers with the exhibition
"Blomster og Verdenssyn" (Flowers and the View of
the World ). Here a part of the museum's flower paintings
are exhibited. In the introduction the Museum
writes: "Så er en blomst ikke bare en blomst. Kunstneres
gengivelser af blomster, frugter og planter er påvirket
af historien og det herskende verdenssyn. Derfor
er en blomst et billede af tiden". (A flower is not just
a flower. The painter's way of depicting the flowers,
fruit and plants is influenced by history and the predo-
minant opinion about the world at the time of the
individual painter.
Provenance: A manor house, Sjælland (Sealand).
DKK 125,000-150,000 / € 16,500-20,000
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