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Cornelis de Heem (Leiden 1631-1695 Antwerp)
Peaches, grapes, oranges, a partially peeled lemon, medlars and other fruit on a two-tiered stone ledge, with nuts, a grasshopper and a butterfly before a niche
signed 'C DE HEEM. f' (lower left, on the ledge)
oil on canvas
2634 x 2234 in. (68 x 57.7 cm.)
Provenance
Brought to the United States from The Netherlands by the grandparents of the present owners in the 1930s.
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Fred G. Meijer, who has inspected this painting at firsthand, considers it a typical late work and suggests it may be a collaboration with the artist's son, David de Heem (1663-1714).

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