Balthasar Van Der Ast — Pears, grapes and a peach on a porcelain platter, with apples, a rose, shells, a dragonfly, a caterpillar and a lizard on a stone ledge, with a parrot on an upturned woven basket

Pears, grapes and a peach on a porcelain platter, with apples, a rose, shells, a dragonfly, a caterpillar and a lizard on a stone ledge, with a parrot on an upturned woven basket

$500
Balthasar van der Ast (Middelburg ?1593/4-1657 Delft) Pears, grapes and a peach on a porcelain platter, with apples, a rose, shells, a dragonfly, a caterpillar and a lizard on a stone ledge, with a parrot on an upturned woven basket signed 'B. vander: Ast' (lower left, on the ledge) oil on panel 19 5/8 x 30¼ in. (49.8 x 76.3 cm.)