ID 863056
Lot 21 | MELCHIOR D'HONDECOETER (UTRECHT 1636-1695 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 150 000
A game still life with a hung hare, a boar's head and a musket in a landscape
signed and dated 'M d'hondecoeter f 1668.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
42 1/4 x 32 5/8 in. (107.3 x 82.8 cm.)
Provenance
Captain James Alston-Roberts-West, Alscot Park (d. 1989); Christie’s, London, 29 November 1974, lot 72 (5000 gns. to the following).
with S. Nijstad, Lochem and The Hague.
with Kurt J. Müllenmeister, Solingen, by 1976.
Private collection, Germany.
Anonymous sale [Property of a Nobleman]; Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1998, lot 41 (£111,500 to the following).
with Rafael Valls, London, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Literature
S.A. Sullivan, The Dutch Game Piece, Woodbridge, 1984, pp. 55 and 107, illustrated.
| Artist: | Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636 - 1695) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636 - 1695) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Art style: | Old Masters |
| Genre: | Still life |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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