A pair of kitchen still lives
Is leeg, of bestaat niet
JOHANN CASPAR HIRSCHELY
Prague 1695-1743
Oil on panel 16 x 21 cm.
Provenance
Auction House, Germany
With Kunsthandel P. de Boer, Amsterdam
Dutch private collection since 1999
Comparative literature
Dialog mit Alten Meistern. Prager Kabinettmalerei 1690-1750, exh. cat. Braunschweig 1997, pp. 181-198
Little is known of Caspar Hirschely. He was born in Prague and was a pupil of Johann Angermayer. In 1724 he entered the Guild of Saint Luke in Prague. He painted mostly still lives with flowers and some still lives with kitchen utilities, sometimes as a pair.
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Signed and dated 1742