JACOB VAN DER KERCKHOVEN

JACOB VAN DER KERCKHOVEN

Belgium/Italy, 1636/7-1712

Old master painting of wild game.

Excellent use of light to highlight details. Label verso for E. and A. Silberman Galleries, New York.
Provenance:
Sotheby's, New York, February 5, 2019, Lot #1035.
A Flemish painter, Jacob van der Kerckhoven is regarded as one of the most prominent still life and animal specialists active during the turn of the 18th Century. After training in Antwerp, Belgium, he became active in the Veneto region of Italy, where he also became known as Giacomo da Castello.
Oil on canvas, 38.5" x 29". Framed 49" x 38.5".

Condition: Relined. Restored.

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