"Flemish School, late 17th" is by Jan Spanjaert

Côte d'Opale, from France, sells on 27 February 2016 a "Flemish School, late 17th century" still life, estimated at 800 to 1,000 Euro.

The unusual subject, a still life of vegetables and utensils in an otherwise empty barn, is typical for Jan Spanjaert, whose nearly complete known oeuvre seems to exist of these paintings and the same ones with added people. Spanjaert was Dutch, not Flemish, and worked mainly in the first half of the 17th century, so the date is somewhat off at the auction.

The above detail is from a nice Spanjaert sold by Jean Moust, and is very comparable to the one for sale. It features the same implements, placed in the same way individually (although there overall composition is somewhat changed), like the black kettle diagonally on top of the copper one.

The RKD also has a similar work, sold at Christie's in 2007.

The work for sale has a bad crack right across, but otherwise seems to be an interesting work by a minor but typical master of the period, and should be worth closer to 2,000 Euro.