EDWAERT COLYER (Breda 1640 – 1706 London) “Gipsy fortune-teller reading a lady’s palm” Signed upper left: ‘E. Colyer / 1675’ Oil on panel, 30.5 x 24.7 cm. £ 15,000-20,000 Catalogue note: Edwaert Colyer (or Evert Collier) was a Dutch painter known for vanitas stilllife and trompe l’oeil paintings. His first name is sometimes spelt ‘Edward’, ‘Edwaert’, ‘Eduwaert’ or ‘Edwart’, and his last name is sometimes spelt ‘Colyer’ or ‘Kollier’. He is believed to have trained in Haarlem, as his earliest paintings show the influence of Pieter Claesz and Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne By 1667, he had moved to Leiden, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1673. He moved to Amsterdam by 1686 and then to London in 1693. He was buried September 8, 1708, at St. James’s, Piccadilly. For more information Contact us at contact@hessink.com or call +31 (0) 38 303 16 61.
EDWAERT COLYER (Breda 1640 – 1706 London) “Gipsy fortune-teller reading a lady’s palm” Signed upper left: ‘E. Colyer / 1675’ Oil on panel, 30.5 x 24.7 cm. £ 15,000-20,000 Catalogue note: Edwaert Colyer (or Evert Collier) was a Dutch painter known for vanitas stilllife and trompe l’oeil paintings. His first name is sometimes spelt ‘Edward’, ‘Edwaert’, ‘Eduwaert’ or ‘Edwart’, and his last name is sometimes spelt ‘Colyer’ or ‘Kollier’. He is believed to have trained in Haarlem, as his earliest paintings show the influence of Pieter Claesz and Vincent Laurensz van der Vinne By 1667, he had moved to Leiden, where he became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in 1673. He moved to Amsterdam by 1686 and then to London in 1693. He was buried September 8, 1708, at St. James’s, Piccadilly. For more information Contact us at contact@hessink.com or call +31 (0) 38 303 16 61.
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