Willem Grasdorp 1678-1723 Still Life With Flowers In A Glass Vase Expertise Dr. Meijer

Willem Grasdorp 1678-1723 Still life with flowers in a glass vase Oil on canvas 36 x 43.5 cm or 49 x 57 cm We thank Dr. Fred G. Meijer, Amsterdam, for confirming the authorship of the work . Willem Grasdorp (1678 in Zwolle - 1723 in Amsterdam) According to information from the RKD, he painted still lifes of flowers and fruit and came from an old family of painters from Zwolle. His father was the landscape painter Jan Grasdorp. Few paintings by this painter are listed. The RKD lists only 15 works. Grasdorp's paintings reach prices on the international auction market of up to €180,000, like the painting very similar to ours, in a larger format, at Christie's, New York, 10.1.1989, n° 49 (198,000 USD). Inv. no. €2,504 €5,450