Dutch school circa 1700, follower of Willem van AELST Peaches and grapes on an entablature with blue drapery Canvas Inscribed lower right on the entablature Red wax stamp on reverse with provenance: "Ooms vente 1922, Anvers". Inscribed in pencil on the reverse of the stretcher: "La Renaud ... Yon..." 80x64,5cm (Old restorations) Provenance: Sale from the collection of Mrs. Karel Homs-van Eersel, Antwerp, Cercle artistique (Mes Lemineur et Gheysens), May 16, 1922, no. 106 (Guil. van Aelst).

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