Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam)

A peacock and poultry

细节

Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636-1695 Amsterdam)
A peacock and poultry
with inscription 'M. Hondekoeter' (verso)
traces of black chalk, brush and black ink and watercolour, watermark Pro Patria
7 7/8 x 12 1/8 in. (19.9 x 30.9 cm.)

来源

Jhr. J. Goll van Franckenstein (L. 2987), with his inscription 'No 2172.'.
Sir Charles Greville (L. 549).
Earl of Warwick (L. 2600); Christie’s, London, 20-21 May 1896, lot 184 (part of lot).

拍场告示

Please note that Joy Kearney, who is preparing a catalogue raisonné of d'Hondecoeter’s paintings, rejects the attribution to the artist of both this drawing and the one at the British Museum.

拍品专文

A drawing of the same composition, which includes more chicks and birds in the background, is in the British Museum (Inv. 1861,0810.23). Another drawing with the same peacock and poultry, but set in a landscape with architectural elements and other birds, is in the Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen, Weimar (Inv. 5104). Peter Schatborn has suggested that the present drawing is the first version, followed by the British Museum sheet and finally the Weimar drawing.

We are grateful to Peter Schatborn for his assistance in cataloguing this drawing and for confirming the attribution to d'Hondecoeter on the basis of a digital photograph.

A peacock and poultry

拍品专文

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