Jan van den Hecke (Kwaremont 1620-1684 Antwerp), and Erasmus Quellinus II (Antwerp 1607-1678) A carved stone niche with the bust of a woman (Vestal Virgin) with a garland of flowers oil on canvas 58 x 42.4cm (22 13/16 x 16 11/16in). framed: 103 x 89.5cm Footnotes: Provenance The Collection of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, by 1659 (as Jan van den Hecke) The Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740), The Stallburg The Imperial Gallery, Vienna, 1781 (as Philip van der Baren) The Kunsthistoriches Museum, Vienna, 1884 (as Jan Anton van der Baren) Sale, Auktionshaus für Altertümer Glückselig, Vienna, 18-20 April 1928, lot 29 Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 3 March 2003, lot 145 Literature C. von Mechel, Verzeichniss der Gemalde der Kaiserlich Koniglichen Bilder Gallerie in Wien, Vienna, 1781, p. 193, no. 26 (as Philipp van der Baren) E. Engerth, Kunsthistorische Sammlungen des Allerhöchsten Kaiserhauses. Gemälde. Beschreibendes Verzeichniss, Vienna, 1884 p. 16, cat. no. 671 (as Jan Anton van der Baren) Führer durch die Gemäldegalerie. Alte Meister, Vienna, 1908, p. 137, cat. no. 1096 M-L Hairs, Les Peintures Flamands de Fleurs au XVIIe Siècle, Brussels, 1985, p.316 When in the Imperial collections, the present painting was one of a pair, its pendant is still in the collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (see: Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorisches Museums in Wien, Vienna, 1991, pl. 452) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing