A dead mallard, pigeons, a jay, a kingfisher, a green woodpecker and various songbirds with a fox and a dog in a park, a villa beyond

細節

Circle of Jan Weenix (Amsterdam 1640-1719)
A dead mallard, pigeons, a jay, a kingfisher, a green woodpecker and various songbirds with a fox and a dog in a park, a villa beyond
oil on canvas
41½ x 34 in. (105.4 x 86.3 cm.)
in an 18th Century English carved and gilded frame from the Buccleuch collection

來源

Walter, 8th Duke of Buccleuch and 10th Duke of Queensberry, K.T., P.C., G.C.V.O.; Christie's, London, 19 November 1971, lot 63, as J. Fyt (350 gns. to Porter).

注意事項

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拍品專文

The gun, game bag and two birds to the right of the picture derive from a painting by Melchior d'Hondecoeter, formerly with D. Katz, Dieren, 1962.

The collection of the Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry, formed to a large extent by Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (?1638-1709) and Anne, Countess of Buccleuch (1746-1812), is one of the most celebrated private collections in the United Kingdom. The collection is now divided between Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfriesshire, Boughton House, Northamptonshire and Bowhill, Selkirk.