Frans Sant-acker (1648 - 1688), An Ornate Still Life

Frans Sant-Acker
Dutch painter
Active in ‘s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) 1648 – 1688
An ornate or Pronk still life
Oil on canvas : 82,7 X 67,3 cm
Signed bottom right “F. sant.Acker”
Circa 1660/1670
Frame : 107,7 X 93,3 cm

Provenance : sold at Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 3/05/99 for 72.000 DG = 32.672 €

Our painting is recorded at the RKD, The Hague, under the number 000005798

There are only three signed paintings known by our mysterious painter Frans Sant-Acker, who must have worked in ‘s Hertogenbosch (Bois-le-Duc) circa 1648 – 1688: an interior scene and two still-lifes (including ours), that betray the influence of one of the most important Dutch still life painters, Willem Kalf. Kalf specialised in Amsterdam in these rich, ornate “Pronk” still lifes.

All my paintings stand fully documented on my website:
https://www.jeanmoust.com/categories/still-lifes-and-animal-scenes/sant-acker-frans/an-ornate-or-pronk-still-life -3440508