* Gysbert d' Hondecoeter Utrecht 1603/04-1653

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Description

Gysbert d' Hondecoeter
Fowl on a Riverbank
signed and dated lower right Gj(in monogram) DH (in monogram) ondecoeter/AN (in monogram) 1651
oil on canvas

Provenance

The Rt. Hon. Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., Penn House, Amersham, Bucks;
By whom sold, Christie's, London, Dec. 7 1933, lot 28 (80 gns. to Minken);
A.A. Holle, Paris , 1936.

Exhibited

The Hague, Koninklijke Kunstzaal Kleykamp, Kurst-Tentoonstelling, August 1934.

Literature

U. Thieme and F. Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon Jer Bildenden Künstler, Leipziq, 1924, vol. XVII, p. 432.

Catalogue Note

This late work of 1651 reveals the influence of Aelbert Cuyp. It is paintings such as the present canvas that in turn influenced Melchior d'Hondecoeter when he was working in the studio of his father, Gysbert.