Vente anonyme ; Londres, Christie's, 15-16 décembre 1983, n° 156 (comme entourage de J. van Son) ;

Vente anonyme ; Londres, Sotheby's,1-2 juillet 1986, n° 273 (comme J. van Son) ;

Vente anonyme ; Londres, Sotheby's, 18 février 1987, n° 43 (comme J. van Son) ;

Collection particulière, France

Trained as a goldsmith, Jan Pauwel Gillemans specialized in still lifes, richly painting a profusion of various fruits, at times embellished with seafood and shellfish as well as ewers in silver and vermeil. The records of the famous Antwerp art dealer Guilliam Forchoudt (1608-1678), from 1665 to 1673, tell us that Gillemans regularly supplied him with still lifes and garlands of fruit for export.

A composition similar to the present work was once in the collection of Nérée tot Babberich (1).

1. Anonymous sale; Amsterdam, Sotheby’s, 15 November 2005, n° 35

We are grateful to Fred Meijer for kindly clarifying the attribution of this painting from a photograph in an exchange dated 25 June 2020.