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Cockerel and rabbit
Maker
(artist)
1636-1699
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1576-1639
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1636-1695
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Dimensions
Width: 43.4 cm
Accession Number
Mode of Acquisition
Credit
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Provenance
Exhibition History
Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 29/05/1953-04/07/1953
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943
Literature
p. 518
as de Coninck
Spicer-Durham, Joaneath, The drawings of Roelandt Savery, PhD thesis, Yale University 1979
p. 720
under 'erroneous attributions', must be by de Hondecoeter
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 129 ...More
Birds and beasts: an exhibition of paintings and drawings of five centuries, Matthiessen Gallery, London, 1953
cat. no. 40 ...Less
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower right edge, graphite, faded: "Hondekoeter". Verso (backing sheet): lower right, graphite: "#1".
Collector's mark: Verso (backing sheet): lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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