Alexandre-François Desportes
English and French partridge, a covey of quail and an ornamental pheasant disturbed by a fox, on a riverbank
Alexandre-François Desportes
English and French partridge, a covey of quail and an ornamental pheasant disturbed by a fox, on a riverbank
171197.8 x 129.7 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, lower right: Desportes. / 1711.
Sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018
Provenance
Professor Thomas Bodkin (1887-1961), Dublin, by 1925
his sale, Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1959, nr. 30, where acquired for £680 by the following
with Old Masters Galleries, London
anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 6 April 2006, nr. 74
with Arader Galleries, New York, where acquired by the present owner on 30 November 2006.
sale Christie's, London, 19 April 2018, nr. 58
Other works by Alexandre-François Desportes
Still Life with a Dog
1705
1705
Dog near a Rosebush
1724
1724
Self-Portrait as a Hunter
1699
1699
A hound in a landscape
Still Life with Silver