Title: A still life of flowers with a parrot perched on a basket with seashells, mushrooms and two quail, on a rocky edge
Artist: Johann Martin Metz (Bonn 1717 – 1790 Cologne)
Material: Oil on canvas
Measurement: 119 cm (high), 91.4 cm (wide)
Signed, inscribed and dated: J. Metz pinx / 1769
Provenance:
Frost & Reed Galleryl, London
Christie’s London, 06/07/1984, lot 82
Hahn Fine Art Dealers, London
purchased from the above 11/06/1986, New York