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Provenance Research
 Willem
van Aelst (1626-after 1683)
The Netherlands
Flower Still Life, ca. 1663
Oil on canvas
20 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. (52.7 x 39.4 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. L. W. Scott Alter, 1988.149
Description:
Arrangement of flowers — an iris, marigolds, roses, and tulips-in
a silver vase. The vase rests on a gold-fringed cloth on a marble table.
A snail is to the right of the vase.
Alternate Titles:
Flowers with Blue Iris
Tulip, Iris, a Rose, and other flowers in a Silver Vase
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Provenance:
| ?-June
22, 1964: |
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(W. Sabin,
London, sold to [1]) |
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| June
22, 1964-February 12, 1970: |
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(Duits, Ltd.,
London, sold to [2]) |
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| February
12, 1970-August 26, 1970: |
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(Richard Green
Gallery, London, sold to) |
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| August
26, 1970-1987: |
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Mrs. L. W.
Scott Alter, Cincinnati, by bequest to |
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| 1987-present: |
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Cincinnati
Art Museum |
Notes:
[1] A June 22, 1964, entry in the Duits Diary records the
purchase of the Van Aelst still life, given stock number 1355,
from W. Sabin. Getty Research Institute, Duits, Ltd. Archives,
Box 17.
[2] Duits loaned the painting to The Flower in Art, an exhibition
organized by the Victor Batte-Lay Trust at the Minories in
Colchester, England, August 7 to September 23, 1967, no 6.
A Duits, Ltd. index card identifies 12.2.70 as the date of
sale to Richard Green Gallery. The sale is also recorded in
the Duits Diary, February 12, 1970 (Getty Research Institute,
Duits, Ltd. Archives, Box 24.) Also see correspondence, October
12, 2000, June 11, 2001, and February 26, 2002.
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