Literature
Homan Potterton, Dutch seventeenth and eighteenth century paintings in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1986, pp. 64-65, fig. 73
Provenance
Comte de C... (Cahen or Cornelissen) sale, Hotel des Ventes, Paris, 18-19 April 1842, lot 23
bt. Viscomte Bernard du Bus de Gisignies
his sale, Brussels, 9-10 May 1882, lot 36
where purchased by Sir Henry Page Turner Barron
by whom bequeathed to The National Gallery of Ireland, 1901
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Other works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter
A hen with peacocks and a turkey
c. 1680
c. 1680
A hunter's bag
c. 1660-95
c. 1660-95
Birds, Butterflies and a Frog among Plants and Fungi
1668
1668
Still life with game birds
c. 1665-75
c. 1665-75
A Cock, Hens and Chicks