{"product_id":"signed-oil-canvas-still-life-harvest-produce-early-20th-century","title":"Antique Signed Dutch Still Life Oil Painting, Flowers and Fruit","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA painted urn does the quiet work in this still life. Wildflowers, a red poppy, and dry wheat rise from a dark vase banded with a gilt neoclassical figure, while a peach and a scatter of raspberries sit on a white marble ledge and a butterfly hovers at the upper left. It carries a signature on the ledge, lower right, that I have not been able to match to any recorded artist, so I am selling it as what it plainly is: a well-handled Continental still life in the Dutch tradition, honest about what is known and what is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Artist | Bearing a signature reading \"C.E. van Issem,\" lower right. No corresponding listed artist could be identified in the databases searched, so the work is offered as unattributed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Signature | Signed lower right on the marble ledge, following the diagonal of the ledge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Medium | Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Subject | Still life of flowers, wheat, and fruit with a decorated urn on a marble ledge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | Continental European, most consistent with the Dutch or Flemish tradition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Age | Antique, late 19th to early 20th century (circa 1900)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Canvas Size | 15.9 in. W x 18.9 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame Size | 24.5 in. W x 27.5 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Format | Rectangular, portrait orientation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame | Carved giltwood frame with foliate and shell ornament, gilding worn in places with small losses, not verified as original to the canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]School or Movement | Dutch and Flemish still life tradition. A centuries-old northern European manner of arranging flowers, fruit, and objects on a ledge against a dark ground, often with a butterfly or ripe and fading fruit read as quiet reminders of time passing. Revived widely by academic painters into the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which is where this work belongs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Support | Canvas on a keyed wooden stretcher, relined\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe canvas has been relined, which has stabilized it against further age-related movement. The paint surface carries craquelure consistent with age and shows areas of overpainting disclosed by the seller, with some stable losses. The relining means the reverse of the original canvas, along with any labels or maker's marks it once carried, is no longer accessible. A small paper label on the stretcher reads \"1892\/17,\" which I read as a stock or inventory number rather than a date. The carved giltwood frame shows wear to the gilding and small losses to the ornament, in keeping with its age. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51781812519190,"sku":"AMD-15656","price":1285.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/Belgium_FranceContainerInventory-11274.jpg?v=1788728562","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/signed-oil-canvas-still-life-harvest-produce-early-20th-century","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}