Jan van Kessel the Elder Antwerp 1626 - 1679

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Description

Jan (II) van Kessel
An eagle, peacocks, doves, herons, a cockerel, a hen, a mallard, a swan and other birds on a riverbank
indistinctly signed and dated lower right: IV K[ESSE]L F. ...55? and inscribed on the reverse: No. 9
oil on copper

Provenance

Acquired by the family of the present owner in Zurich circa 1950;
Thence by descent.

Catalogue Note

Another slightly larger version of the present work, unsigned and on panel and seemingly of inferior quality, was sold Amsterdam, Christie's, 28 November 1989, lot 185.