After Willem van Aelst (Dutch, 1627-after 1687) Elaborate Still Life with Fish, Bread, and Nautilus Cup

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After Willem van Aelst (Dutch, 1627-after 1687)

Elaborate Still Life with Fish, Bread, and Nautilus Cup
Unsigned.
Oil on canvas, 27 3/4 x 22 1/4 in. (70.5 x 57.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Lined, retouch, craquelure.

N.B. A painting of a very similar composition, signed and dated by van Aelst, was sold in 2013 by Kunsthaus Lempertz. Current scholarship suggests that the work at hand may be a 19th century copy.
Estimate $2,500-3,500

Frame inscribed "A0591 Vincent Croteau Frame Shop" in pencil on the reverse. Inscribed "2031F" and "NcF 798A" on the stretcher.


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