Still Life

Provenance

Possibly Joseph Daniel Böhm [1794-1865], Vienna; possibly (his sale, Alexander Posonyi, Vienna, 4 December 1865, no. 1682).[1] (Cottier & Co., New York); sold 1889 to Mrs. Henry Osborne Havemeyer [née Louisine Waldron Elder, 1855-1929], New York; (sale, American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, 10 April 1930, no. 46); Chester Dale [1883-1962], New York; gift 1943 to NGA. [1] Lucius Grisebach, _Willem Kalf, 1619-1693_, Berlin, 1974, 258, no. 102, suggests that the _Still Life_ might be identified as the Böhm painting auctioned in Vienna on 4 December 1865. The painting in this sale, however, was probably another composition, for it is described in the auction catalogue as having four pomegranates ("vier spanische Granatäpfel").

Still Life

Kalf, Willem

c. 1660

Accession Number

1943.7.8

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 64.4 x 53.8 cm (25 3/8 x 21 3/16 in.) | framed: 83.8 x 69.9 cm (33 x 27 1/2 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Chester Dale Collection