Attributed to David de CONINCK (Antwerp 1643 - 1705 Brussels - Lot 239

Attributed to David de CONINCK (Antwerp 1643 - 1705 Brussels) White hen, her rooster and chicks, guinea pigs, in a landscape Oil on canvas 100 x 125 cm. On the back, on the stretcher, stencil mark in black ink, probably corresponding to a Christie's sale, mid-20th century: 950HX A painter of animal still lifes with an international career that spanned the courts of Brussels, Paris, Venice, Munich, Vienna and Rome, Coninck was particularly fond of composing with gallinaceous birds posing alongside rodentians. Our composition can be compared with "Rooster, turkey, parrot, rabbits and guinea pigs", in Poznan (Muzeum Narodowe, inv. 55, oil on canvas, 95 x 130 cm.) or "Rooster, turkey, peacock and rabbits", in Genoa (Palazzo Reale, inv. 1204, oil on canvas, 122 x 168 cm.). (Condition report: Repainting probably carried out in the first half of the 20th century. Minor damage to upper left corner. Small dent towards upper left corner. Minor damage to lower left corner, scattered restorations).