Gerard Van Berleborch -Still-life with Roemer, Tazza and fruit in a Wanli dish

17th century Dutch Old Master oil painting, Still-life with a Roemer, Tazza and Wanli porcelain dish 1655
 
Gerard Van Berleborch was a Dutch painter, active between 1649 and 1658 in Amsterdam. He specialised in still-life paintings of which ours in a beautiful and very characteristic example.
 
The oil on panel measures ca. 55 by 73 cms and is signed and dated on the edge of the table. With frame it measures ca. 75 by 93 cms.
 
Provenance: 
art dealer Curt Benedict, Paris 1957
art dealer Brian Koetser, London 1966
Galerie Edel, Cologne/London
private collection Dr. Heinrich Jellissen, Germany 1985 - 1995
Sotheby's sale, December 6th 1995 were sold for ca. 27000 USD incl. BP
Private Collection USA
 
Literature:
B.J.A. Renckens in Oud Holland, 82, 1967, p. 236 e.v., afb. 3
N.R.A. Vroom " A modest message.......", (1980) no. 9
 
Registered with the rkd under number 7139