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Lot 54
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Andries de Coninck
Andries de Coninck
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Probably born in Antwerp circa 1625?1659 Antwerp

A ?Pronkstilleven?: a Sumptuous Still Life of a Lobster, a Pie and Various Fruits
in Blue and White bowls and on Pewter Plates, Together with a Basket of
Bread, a Wine Glass, a Gilt Goblet, a Pewter Flagon, Oysters and a Fig on a
Table Draped with a Red Velvet Cloth


Oil on canvas
113.5 by 159 cm.


This rather grand and eloborate still life is by a very rare Flemish painter,
Andries de Coninck and dates from the middle of the 17th century, the 1650s.
There are only four other monumental pronk still lifes known by this painter. All
show a similar compositional scheme: an elaborate still life on a draped table
with a window opening out to a landscape on the left.
In 1643 De Coninck was inscribed as a pupil of Jan Thomas van Yperen (1617?
1678) in the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp. In 1645 De Coninck become a
Master in the Antwerp Guild as a painter; he was also inscribed as an art dealer.
De Conick died fairly young, he was probably not even 35 years old. That is
probably the reason why his paintings are so rare, as he did not get a chance
to paint a lot. Another reason could be that he eventually stopped painting
to concentrate solely on his business as an art dealer: just before his death, in
the Guild lists of the year 1658/1659 he is only listed as an art dealer and no
longer as a painter.


He seems to have been strongly influenced by the works of Jan Davidsz. de
Heem (1606?1684), who was one of the most important still life painters of the
17th century in the Low Countries. Following his early years in Leiden De Heem
is documented from 1636 in Antwerp. He probably returned to his birthplace
Utrecht in the early 1660s, but left again for Antwerp in 1672. In the 1640s
de Heem was at his best, producing magnificent, monumental luxury still lifes
that strongly influenced not only Andries de Coninck, but also De Coninck?s
brother?in?law Andries Benedetti.
These ostentatious parade still lifes show next to fruits also luxurious objects:
Chinese Wan?li porcelain, Venetian glassware, silver plates and gilt goblets.
They were fashionable around the middle of the 17th century, during the
1640s and 1650s, when they were painted both in Flanders and in Holland, in
Antwerp, Amsterdam and Utrecht. Not only did they reflect the status of their
owners, they also held a moral lesson, warning again the emptiness of wealth
and possessions.


Andries de Coninck?s ambitious, sumptuous still lifes were strongly influenced
by those of the early 1640s by De Heem, but also by the early paintings of
Andries Benedetti. It is actually very hard to differentiate the artistic production
of both brothers?in?law.
Fred Meijer of the RKD has kindly confirmed the attribution to De Coninck and
suggests a comparison to another ?pronkstilleven? formerly in the collection of
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles which was offered for sale at Sotheby?s
New York, 26 January 2007, lot 132 (and sold for $504,000).


Provenance:
Sale, London, Sotheby?s, 10 April 2003, lot 52.

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