Lot 302: JACOBUS VICTORS ? 1640 - 1705 AMSTERDAM

oil on canvas

STILL LIFE OF TWO COURTING DOVES, A PARTRIDGE AND HER CHICKS, AND A FURTHER DOVE BEYOND PERCHED ON A JAR

59.7 by 74 cm.; 22 3/4 by 29 1/8 in.

Victors probably trained with Melchior d'Hondecoeter in the workshop of Jan-Baptiste Weenix in Amsterdam. After his training he left for Venice where he stayed most of the 1660's returning to the Netherlands by 1670. In Venice he enjoyed a considerable success as many of his paintings found their way into important collections being formed at that time. His work was to have a have a profound influence on the younger Venetian artist Giovanni Agostino Cassana.

This picture may be stylistically compared with a pair of signed and dated Victors offered in New York, Sotheby's, 18 Octorber 2000, lot 70.