WILLEM CLAESZ HEDA
A vanitas still life with a broken roemer, an upturned tazza and a peeled lemon, all on a ledge, 1648
Oil on oak panel
48.9 x 63.7 cm
19 1/4 x 25 1/8 in.
19 1/4 x 25 1/8 in.
signed and dated lower right: HEDA · 1648
Copyright The Artist
Provenance
William Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington (1856 – 1937).
The Hon. Mrs. Agnes E. Conway Horsfield (1885 – 1950), by descent from the above.
Her Estate Sale; Sotheby’s, London, 31 Jan. 1951, lot 31 (£400).
P. de Boer, Amsterdam (stock no. 4806), acquired from the above sale.
Polak, New York, NY, acquired from the above in 1951.
Anon. Sale (‘The Property of a Gentleman’); Christie’s, London, 7 July 1978, lot 216.
Private collection, Belgium, acquired at the above sale; thence by descent to the present owner.