Balthasar van der Ast (1593-1657) Still life, oil on panel, signed and dated 1641, 61x104 cm. Literature: Bol Laurens J., The Bosschaert Dynasty: Painters of Flowers and Fruit, 1960, p. 85, no. 112. Provenance: H.W. Cholmley, Esq. of Howsham Hall, York; Christie's, London, 1 February 1902, lot 13; J. St. Hensé, London. Arthur Kay, Esq, F.S.A., of Tregortha, Winston drive, Glasgow and London; Christie's, London, 11/12 May 1911, lot 6 (buyer "Cohen"); Galerie Jannetje Denijs, Amsterdam, 1944; Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit , Netherlands, circa 1946; Returned to Galerie Jannetje Denijs, Amsterdam, 1950; W. Russell, Amsterdam, 1962; Sotheby's, London, 25 June 1969, lot 51 (buyer "Francis"); Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 16 April 1986, lot 59; Galerie Michel Segoura, Paris, presented at the Biennale des Antiquaires, 1986; Private collection, Geneva.