Attributed to Melchior d'Hondecoeter
A study of a helmetshrike on a branch
23.1 x 18.4 cmOil on panel
Indistinctly signed with initials, lower right: M.[d.H]
Sale Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Drouot, Paris, 24 March 1999, nr. 33, as Dutch school, early 18th century
with Bob Haboldt, New York, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1999
sale, Property from the Estate of Eugene V. Thaw, Christie's, New York, 30 October 2018, nr. 237
Other works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter
An eagle, swallow, snipe and finch in flight
Birds in a Park
c. 1670/80
c. 1670/80
Birds in a Park
c. 1670/80
c. 1670/80
Animals and Plants
c. 1668
c. 1668
Domestic poultry menaced by an eagle