Lot 124
Lot 124
GILLIS CLAESZ. DE HONDECOETER (ANVERS 1575/1580-1638 AMSTERDAM)

Trois vaches, un oiseau et une grenouille dans un paysage

Price Realised EUR 10,080
Estimate
EUR 10,000 - EUR 15,000
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
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GILLIS CLAESZ. DE HONDECOETER (ANVERS 1575/1580-1638 AMSTERDAM)

Trois vaches, un oiseau et une grenouille dans un paysage

Price Realised EUR 10,080
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
Price Realised EUR 10,080
Closed: 14 Jun 2024
Details
GILLIS CLAESZ. DE HONDECOETER (ANVERS 1575/1580-1638 AMSTERDAM)
Trois vaches, un oiseau et une grenouille dans un paysage
huile sur cuivre
21 x 29,8 cm (814 x 1134 in.)
Provenance
Chez Brian Koetser, Londres, en 1971 (selon le catalogue d'exposition de 1971, op. cit. infra).
Vente anonyme, Christie's, Londres, 17 avril 2002, lot 25.
Collection particulière belge.
Exhibited
Londres, Brian Koetser, Exhibition of Paintings by Old Masters, 5 avril-juin 1971, n°4 (selon une note à la Documentation des peintures du Louvre).
FURTHER DETAILS
GILLIS CLAESZ. DE HONDECOETER (1575/1580-1638), THREE COWS, A BIRD AND A FROG IN A LANDSCAPE, OIL ON COPPER

Epitomising the work of Gillis Claesz. Hondecoeter (1575/1580-1638), this charming little copper includes all the compositional elements most dear to the artist. Far from broad landscapes, this tight composition allows him to show off his meticulous and delicate brushstrokes. At ease in his depiction of shimmering foliage, the artist playfully inserts infinitesimally small elements, such as the frog that seems to capture the attention of the cows, or the sparrow in the centre foreground, all of which seem to come together in a sort of earthly paradise.
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