Theodor van Aenvanck, 1633 – 1690

STILL LIFE WITH FRUITS AND OYSTERS Oil on canvas. Doubled. 56 x 82 cm. Signed and dated lower right "f. 1654 TEODOER. AENVANK". With provenance information verso. In ebonized wavy strip frame. On a stepped cover plate with a red tablecloth, a bulging fruit basket with a polished silver plate in front of it, the draped open oysters reflected in its rim. To the right is a piece of pastry and a lemon with a cleverly contrasting surface design. Provenance: According to the verso: Edith and Ilse Perl, Vienna, 1979. Sotheby's London, March 23, 1979, lot 153. Richard Green, London. Dorotheum Vienna, November 17-23, 1981, lot 2. Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, January 20, 1983, lot 63. Peter H. Tillou Collection (1935 - 2021, Litchfield, CT. From the estate in: Brunk Auctions Ashville, NC, September 29, 2022, lot 131 (1401196) (1) (13) Theodor van Aenvanck, 1633 - 1690 STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT AND OYSTERS Oil on canvas. Relined. 56 x 82 cm. Signed and dated "f. 1654 TEODOER.AENVANK" lower right. Provenance reference on the reverse. Provenance according to information on the reverse: Edith and Ilse Perl, Vienna 1979. Auction Sotheby's, London, March 23, 1979, lot 153. Richard Green, London. Dorotheum, Vienna, November 17 - 23, 1981, lot 2. Sotheby Park Bernet, New York, January 20, 1983, lot 63. Collection Peter H. Tillou (1935 - 2021, Litchfield, CT. From the estate of: Brunk Auctions, Asheville, NC, September 29, 2022, lot 131.