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JOHANNES KUVEENIS IL VECCHIO
(Bremen, c. 1620 - The Hague, post-1666) Still life with fish and cat Signed, dated and inscr. J.Kuveenis fecit anno 164(?) lower right Oil on panel, 48X65 cm Provenance: Amsterdam, Christie's, Sept. 4-5, 2001, lot 432 (as Johannes Kuveenis The Elder) Private collection Bibliography: RKD: https://rkd.nl/imageslite/511138 (as Johannes Kuveenis The Elder) A specialist in still lifes of game, fish and fruit, Johannes Kuveenis (also known as Cuvenis) was active for much of his career in The Hague, where he became a member of the artists' guild in 1650. Some paintings by Kuveenis were auctioned in The Hague in 1647, the same year the present work was painted. Reference bibliography: L.M. Helmus (ed.), Fish Still Lifes by Dutch and Flemish Masters 1550-1700, Utrecht 2004, ad vocem
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