Lot 139: Pieter van Mase (Rotterdam? c. 1650-1703)

A rooster with hens, chicks, ducks, peacocks and pigeons by a classical vase in a park landscape
oil on canvas, unframed
59.9 x 54.1 cm.

August Schmetz, Aachen; Lepke, Cologne, 14 March 1905, lot 55, as M. d'Hondecoeter.

We are grateful to Mr. Fred Meijer of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague, for confirming the attribution on the basis of a transparency (verbal communication, 16 August 2005).

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