Abraham Hendricksz. van Beyeren (The Hague 1620-circa 1690 Overschie)Grapes and a peeled lemon in a basket with bread, dressed crab and a roemer of wine on pewter plates, together with a gilt cup and cover, and a pewter flagon upon a draped table-top
oil on panel
84 x 114.3cm (33 1/16 x 45in).
unframed注脚Provenance
With Julius Böhler, Munich, before 1929
Friedrich Frey-Fürst, The Bürgenstock Collection, Switzerland and by descent to his son
Fritz Frey, by whom offered
Sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 December 1996, lot 76 (sold for £75,000)

Literature
F. Frey, Bürgenstock, 1967, pp. 92-3

Dr. Fred Meijer confirmed the attribution to van Beyeren at the time of the Sotheby's sale and suggested that this is an early work from the late 1640s.
The present work formed part of a collection, offered at Sotheby's 11 December 1996, which hung in three luxurious hotels overlooking Lake Lucerne known as the Bürgenstock. The collection was assembled by Friederich Frey-Fritz, who purchased the Bürgenstock in 1925, over a period of around 20 years.