Ecole hollandaise, Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695) et/ou atelier: Basse-cour, huile sur toile marouflée sur board, 17ème siècle

Work: 149 x 114,5 cm

Frame: 151,5 x 118 cm

Provenance:

- Private collection, Belgium. Acquired in Cannes (France) in the 1970s and in the same family ever since.

Condition: (UV-checked)

- In good and hangable condition.

- UV-light shows foremost the typical colour of the varnish.

- Some retouches, e.g. poultry contours on the right, cockerel tail in the center, leaf tendrils on the tree, some bars of the basket.

- Foreground with minor traces of an older restoration.