Bouman, Johan (attr.) Straßburg um 1601 - Amsterdam (nach/after) 1635 59 x 84 cm Still life of fruits in a Delftware dish on a pedestal with a parrot. Oil/panel. A still life in the style of the Bosschaert School, which is extremely characteristic of Bouman's work and also shows influences from Balthasar van der Ast, his later works are more reminiscent of Jan van de Velde III. Cf. the quasi mirror-imaged painting in the Flehite Museum, Amersfoort (inv. no. 1905-002, registered in the database of the RKD, The Hague, as no. 7567), which, despite its slightly different dimensions, could possibly have been conceived as a counterpart to the present painting. Bavarian private collection.

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