MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam)
MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam)

Coupling chickens in a landscape

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MELCHIOR DE HONDECOETER (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam)
Coupling chickens in a landscape
signed 'M D Hondecoeter' (lower right)
oil on canvas
32 x 29 in. (81.2 x 73.7 cm.)
Provenance
H.J. Jenkins, London.
Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 8 December 1883, lot 83, as 'M. Hondecoeter' (7 gns to Hirer).
Sale room notice
Additional Provenance for this lot:

Anon. Sale, Koller, Zürich, 22 March 1995, lot 13.

A copy of this painting is in the Muzeum Szépmüvészeti, Budapest, inv. no. 51.2945.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorisches Documentatie, The Hague, for confirming the attribution to Hondecoeter on the basis of a transparency (written communication, 12 April 2002).

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