Rafael Valls Limited

Rafael Valls Limited is a St. James’s art gallery mainly dealing in Old Master Paintings with specialist areas in Dutch, Flemish and Spanish paintings. Owned and run by Rafael Valls and his wife Caroline, the gallery has traded for over forty years and it carries an eclectic and varied stock. The gallery has gained an enviable reputation for trompe l’oeil paintings and for the small exhibitions it holds once a year around Old Master Paintings Week.

The gallery exhibits every year at The European Fine Art Fair in Maastricht, which is now regarded as the finest art and antiques fair anywhere in the world.

We purchase works of art directly from private clients and act as agents for individuals as well as providing valuations for insurance and probate, advice on conservation and advice to buyers and sellers at auction.

JAN WEENIX 1641 - 1719
A Still Life with a Pheasant on a Ledge and a Partridge, a Pigeon and two Finches tied together with a Bow
oil on canvas
81 x 67 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Marquis Alphonse d'Aoust (1819-1909);
By family descent to the previous owner

MONOGRAMMIST HDB AND FRANS FRANCKEN II the former active 1629 and the latter 1581 - 1642
A Still Life of Flowers including Roses, Tulips, Daffodils, and Irises in a Vase Decorated with Scenes from Mythology
oil on panel
43.2 x 34.3 cm
Signed with Initials and Dated: 'HDB / 1629'
Provenance:
Collection of Dr Ludwig Mond (1839 – 1909),
By descent to William F. A. Mond (1928 – 1999), Wiltshire.

CHARLES COLLINS c. 1680 - 1744
A Still Life of a Lobster and a Shrimp
oil on canvas
40 x 49.5 cm
Provenance:
The Hellier Collection, The Wodehouse, Wombourne, Staffordshire

CIRCLE OF FRANCOIS CLOUET 1522 – 1572
FIGLETTA FIAMMINGA, the little Flemish Daughter; a Portrait of a young Girl wearing an elegant Pearl-embroidered Dress and Headdress
oil on panel
28.6 x 22.2 cm
Inscribed along lower edge: LA FIGLETTA FIAMINGA
Provenance:
Private collection, Italy, acquired by 1840,
Private collection, Rome, by descent from the above,
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1923,
By family descent to the previous owner.

THOMAS WYCK c. 1616 – 1677
A View of the Thames at Westminster on The Lord Mayor’s Day
oil on canvas
60.9 x 90.9 cm
Provenance:
Willis Group Corporate Collection
Sold, Bonhams, The Willis Association Sale, 21 February 2008, lot 99;
Private collection, UK

DIRCK VAN DELEN 1605 – 1671
A Palace Courtyard with elegant Figures and Sportsmen playing Kaatsen in the middle Distance
oil on panel
29.2 x 36.8 cms
Dated and signed lower left: '1627/ DC VDELEN'
Provenance:
(Presumably) Commissioned by Aelbrecht van der Gracht and his wife Susanna Becker;
Private Collection, USA