1283 - Jan Weenix (1641? Amsterdam – 1719, ibid.) Circle or follower of the 17th/18th century;

Jan Weenix (1641? Amsterdam – 1719, ibid.) Circle or follower of the 17th/18th century; Hunting still life with hunted birds A still life set against a floodplain landscape with a river: two ducks—one suspended from the barrel of a rifle in the foreground—a pigeon, a snipe, and songbirds are arranged alongside bushes and flowering perennials, among which a large, bright red poppy on the right side of the painting provides a striking splash of color; in the background, on the riverbank, a hunter accompanied by dogs. This finely painted Baroque still life, characterized by meticulous observation in its depiction of animals, shows clear parallels in composition, style, and individual motifs to well-known works by Jan Weenix. The artist used a large red poppy on the right side of the painting in several of his works; comparable still lifes include one featuring a hunted duck in the National Museum in Warsaw (Inv. No. M.Ob.445). Oil on canvas, lined; 91 cm x 81 cm. Framed. Provenance: Collection of architect Ludwig Behr, Villa Buchensee near Tutzing; Hugo Helbing auction, Munich, June 27–28, 1933, Lot 245, p. 17, Fig. Plate IX (attributed to Jan Weenix); private collection in Berlin, 664th Lempertz auction, Cologne, May 27, 1991, Lot 144; private collection in North Rhine-Westphalia; 1138th Lempertz Auction, Cologne, September 20, 2019, Lot 119. Circle or follower of Jan Weenix (1641–1719). Oil on canvas, relined.