Lot 147: Roosters and ducks near a pool in a landscape

Pieter van Mase (Rotterdam? c. 1650-after 1703)
Roosters and ducks near a pool in a landscape
oil on panel
28.4 x 38.6 cm.

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 16 January 1970, lot 72.
with Alexander Gallery, New York.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
A very similar, upright composition was with Galerie Internationale, The Hague circa 1930.

We are grateful to Mr Fred G. Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for endorsing the attribution to Pieter van Mase after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 5 March 2008).