Dead birds hanging from a rope with a shotgun, above a stone ledge

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Cornelis Lelienbergh (circa 1620/26-after 1680)
Dead birds hanging from a rope with a shotgun, above a stone ledge
signed and dated C:Lelienbergh.f.1660 upper left
oil on panel, unframed
37.5 x 31.2 cm

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Lot Essay

As pointed out by E.Gemar-Koeltzsch, Holländische Stillebenmaler im 17. Jahrhundert, 1995, III, p.589, dated works by the artist are recorded between 1650 and 1680. The present lot recalls the signed picture of 1655, in the Rijksmuseum (E.Gemar-Koeltzsch, op.cit, p.591, no.211/3, ill.).
The dead birds can be identified from left to right: a pigeon (Columba livia), a bluethroat (Luscinia svecica), a kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) and a yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella).

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