Carl Borromäus Andreas Ruthart (1630?-after 1703)

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Carl Borromäus Andreas Ruthart (1630?-after 1703)
A juvenile Golden Eagle and a Bittern in Flight by a Tree

oil on canvas

9 7/8 x 11 3/8in. (25.2 x 28.8cm.)

Provenance
The Marchesi Strozzi, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence

Lot Essay

Both birds feature in S. Pietro Celestino admonishing the Bear
in the Church of S. Maria di Collemaggio at L'Aquila (Fr. Q. Salomone, Basilica di S. Maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila, 1988, unpaginated, illustrated in colour) and the golden eagle alone in the Leopards with a fallen Stag in the Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (T. Frimmel, Studien und Skizzen zur Gemäldekunde, III, 1918, pl.XXXIV)

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