David de Coninck

Landscape with a peacock, parrot, chicken, turkey, two rabbits and a guinea-pig

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May 20, 03:42 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

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American Visionary: The Collection of Mrs. John L. Marion

David de Coninck

Antwerp circa 1644 - in or after 1701 Brussels

Landscape with a peacock, parrot, chicken, turkey, two rabbits and a guinea-pig

oil on canvas

canvas: 67 ¾ by 48 ⅜ in.; 172.1 by 122.9 cm.

framed: 82 by 62 ¾ in.; 208.3 by 159.3 cm.

With Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris;
His sale, Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer, 3 June 1907, lot 18 (as by Jan Fyt);
Charles Staal, Amsterdam;
From whom acquired by a private collector, 1970;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby’s, 7 July 2005, lot 128;
There acquired for the present collection.

Catalogue des Tableaux composant la collection Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris 1907, vol. III, pp. 22-23, cat. no. 18, reproduced (as by Jan Fyt).

David de Coninck was a Flemish artist active in the second half of the 17th century. In addition to being a landscape and still-life specialist, de Coninck was a highly-skilled animal painter, and his abilities in this realm helped to bring him international acclaim.

Another version of this composition, which was formerly in the collection of Bernard Palitz, was last sold in these rooms on 29 January 2015 (lot 27).¹Of the two versions, the present example is of larger dimensions and includes the motif of the red parrot perched at left.

1. Oil on canvas, 133 by 95.5 cm.