JACOB BILTIUS (THE HAGUE 1633-1681 BERGEN OP ZOOM) A trompe l’oeil with two quails, a kingfisher, a bird net and a whistle

JACOB BILTIUS (THE HAGUE 1633-1681 BERGEN OP ZOOM)
A trompe l’oeil with two quails, a kingfisher, a bird net and a whistle
signed and dated ‘J. biltiùs · fecit · / 1666’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
21 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (55.4 x 40 cm.)

Provenance
Private collection, The Netherlands (with its pendant), from whom acquired by the following,
with Rob Smeets, Milan, by 2002; Sotheby’s, New York, 20 January 2006, lot 104 (with its pendant), where acquired by a private collector, by whom sold,
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 9 December 2010, lot 160, where acquired by the present owner.