Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
Abraham Danielsz. Hondius (Rotterdam 1625/30-1691 London)
Lot 6

Abraham Danielsz. Hondius (Rotterdam 1625/30-1691 London)

Hounds attacking a heron in an Italianate landscape with classical ruins; and Hounds chasing a goose in an Italianate landscape with classical ruins

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 25,000

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Abraham Danielsz. Hondius (Rotterdam 1625/30-1691 London)
Hounds attacking a heron in an Italianate landscape with classical ruins; and Hounds chasing a goose in an Italianate landscape with classical ruins
the former signed 'Abraham Hondius' (lower right); the latter signed 'Abraham Hondius' (lower right)
oil on canvas
10 1/8 x 13 7/8 in. (26.3 x 35.3 cm.)

Collins and Clark, Cambridge, where acquired in April 1942 (£20).

Specialist note

Abraham Hondius was a Dutch artist who settled in London, probably in 1666 after the Great Fire. His oeuvre responded to Flemish artists of the previous generation, and in particular to Frans Snyders' scenes of hunting wild animals with hounds.