Christiaan Luycks
Still Life with a Silver Chalice, Wanli Bowl, and Fruit
Oil on panel. 35 x 49.4 cm.
Signed lower left: Cars Luckx fe..
Christiaan Luycks was a talented painter who specialised in still lifes early on in his career. He derived his most significant artistic inspiration from the Utrecht painter Jan Davidsz de Heem (1606 -1684), who was active in Antwerp between 1635 and 1667. His influence is evident in the fine colouring of this work and in the exquisite arrangement of valuable props, which lend the work a luxurious touch. The footed bowl shown here is a so-called "Hanse-in-de-Kelder", which wealthy families used in ceremonies to celebrate the upcoming birth of a child. The Chinese porcelain dish was equally precious, as were the citrus fruits from Southern Europe, which very few people could afford at the time.
Provenance
Galleria Lorenzelli, Bergamo, 1971. - J. Rosenthal Gallery, Amsterdam 1973. - Private collection, France. - Enneking art dealers, Damme, before 1983. - Collection of Lillemor and Karl Herweg, Recklinghausen. - Private collection, Austria.
Literature
E. Greindl, Les Peintures Flamandes de Nature Morte au XVIIème Siècle, Sterrebeeck, 1983, p. 368, no. 1. - S. Segal: A Fruitful Past, exhib. cat., Amsterdam, 1983, no. 32, p. 67 and 118. - Niederländische Stillleben von Breughel bis van Gogh, exhib. cat., Brunswick 1983, p. 72 and 124.
Exhibitions
Galerie Lorenzelli, Bergamo, La Natura in Posa, 1971, no. 10, - Galerie P. de Boer, Amsterdam, De vrucht van het verleden, 1983. -
Herzog-Anton-Ulrich-Museum, Braunschweig, Niederländische Stillleben von Breughel bis van Gogh, 1983, no. 32, p. 72 and 124. - Centraal Museum, Utrecht, Jan Davidsz. de Heem en zijn Kring, 1991, no. 42