Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures
The Property of a Lady
Still life with partridges, a kingfisher, bird nets and boxes
Lot Closed
December 8, 02:41 PM GMT
Estimate
24,000 - 32,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
The Property of a Lady
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Utrecht 1636 - 1695 Amsterdam
Still life with partridges, a kingfisher, bird nets and boxes
signed indistinctly lower centre: Mdhondecoeter
oil on canvas
unframed: 75.5 x 70 cm.; 29¾ x 27½ in.
framed: 97.2 x 92 cm.; 38¼ x 36¼ in.
Dated to about 1660 (according to the RKD), this meticulous still life of partridges and a sole kingfisher is typical of Melchior d'Hondecoeter's hunting still lifes in this particular upright format set against a dark background.1 A very similar arrangement of the partridges in this painting can be found in a canvas preserved in the Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku, Gdańsk, Poland.2