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Pieter Casteels III

Ducks and Ducklings on a Pond with a City Beyond; Assembly of Fowl and their Young in a Park

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October 15, 06:30 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 USD

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Pieter Casteels III

Antwerp 1684–1749 Richmond

Ducks and Ducklings on a Pond with a City Beyond;

Assembly of Fowl and their Young in a Park


the latter signed and dated lower left: PCasteels F / 1728

oil on canvas, a pair

each canvas: 34 by 49 in.; 86.4 by 124.5 cm

each framed: 40 by 55 ¼ in.; 101.6 by 140.3 cm

Probably acquired from the artist by Henry Grey (1671-1740), Eleventh Earl and 1st Duke of Kent, for his residence at 4 St. James's Square, London;

Thence by inheritance to Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, 2nd Earl de Grey, 3rd Baron Grantham, 6th Baron Lucas (1781-1859), 4 St. James's Square, London;

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 January 1986, lot 86.

Catalogue of Pictures Belonging to Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, at his House, in St. James's Square, London 1834, n.p., cat. nos. 105, 110.