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Property from a Private Collection

STUDIO OF MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER | Poultry and a lapwing in a garden landscape, with a pigeon in flight and two birds of prey in the distance

Auction Closed

December 5, 12:50 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Private Collection

STUDIO OF MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER

Utrecht 1636 - 1695 Amsterdam

Poultry and a lapwing in a garden landscape, with a pigeon in flight and two birds of prey in the distance


oil on canvas

112.5 x 148.5 cm.; 44¼ x 58½ in.

Anonymous sale ('The Property of a Nobleman'), London, Sotheby's, 12 December 1984, lot 176 (as follower of Hondecoeter);

With Geoffrey Bennison, London;

Private collection.

A version of the signed painting by Hondecoeter in a private collection, Barcelona (oil on canvas, 115 x 136 cm.).