Simon Luttichuys

Still Life with Chinese Vase, Hazelnuts and Orange

Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel

Simon Luttichuys
Still Life with Chinese Vase, Hazelnuts and Orange

c. 1650-1660 On view in Room 11

Standing on a stone tabletop is a covered jar with some hazelnuts and an orange. The jar is a porcelain Ming vase from China. The orange has also travelled from distant lands – it is a horned sour orange used to make liqueur. The white-blue porcelain and orange citrus peel look particularly good against the dark background.

Simon Luttichuys was originally from London and settled in Amsterdam. He painted portraits of the English elite, but primarily made his name with his ornate still lifes. He additionally painted a number of more sober still lifes, of which this painting is a good example.

Technical details
Simon Luttichuys  Stilleven met Chinese dekselpot, hazelnoten en sinaasappel

Simon Luttichuys
Still Life with Chinese Vase, Hazelnuts and Orange

c. 1650-1660 On view in Room 11

Acquired by the State of the Netherlands via the successieregeling (Acceptance in Lieu), 2019
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Details

General information
Simon Luttichuys (London 1610 - 1661 Amsterdam)
Still Life with Chinese Vase, Hazelnuts and Orange
c. 1650-1660
painting
1223
Room 11
Material and technical details
oil
panel
30.2 x 22.7 cm
Inscriptions
lower right: S.L.fc

Provenance

Hendricus Petrus Bremmer, The Hague, in or before 1926-1956; R.G. de Boer, Laren, 1958; P. de Boer Gallery, Amsterdam, 1979; Adolf Huber, Hailer, 1979-1983; P. de Boer Gallery, Amsterdam, 1983; private collection, The Netherlands, until 2018; acquired by the State of the Netherlands via the successieregeling (Acceptance in Lieu), 2019