Jan van Kessel the Elder Antwerp 1626 - 1679

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Description

Jan (II) van Kessel
chickens and their young disturbed by sparrow hawks
signed lower left: I.V. KESSEL.
oil on copper

Provenance

With Galerie d'Art St. Honoré, Paris;
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1993.

Catalogue Note

Another slightly smaller version (copper, 16.5 by 22 cm), also signed but with minor changes to the detail, notably to the positioning of the hawks in the sky, was exhibited London, Richard Green, April - May 1970.