Lot 23: Attributed to Pieter Boel (Antwerp 1622-1674 Paris)

Attributed to Pieter Boel (Antwerp 1622-1674 Paris)
Three deer, a peacock, rabbits, and guinea pigs in a wooded landscape, with classical statuary and arches beyond
oil on canvas
35½ x 49 3/8 in. (90.2 x 125.3 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Bukowskis, Stockholm, 4-7 November 1986, lot 447, as 'J. Weenix'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 March 1987, lot 108, as 'Dirck Valkenburg'.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 12 January 1989, lot 197, as 'David de Coninck'.

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
We are grateful to Fred Meijer, of the RKD, for proposing the attribution, on the basis of photographs, and for suggesting that the landscape is by a different hand.