Carl Borromaus Andreas Ruthart (Danzig 1630-1703 Aquila)

Both birds feature in S. Pietro Celestino admonishing the Bear in the Church of S. Maria di Collemaggio at L'Aquila (Fr. Q. Salomone, Basilica di S. Maria di Collemaggio, L'Aquila, 1988, unpaginated, illustrated in colour) and the golden eagle alone in the Leopards with a fallen Stag in the Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck (T. Frimmel, Studien und Skizzen zur Gemäldekunde, III, Vienna, 1918, pl. XXXIV).

We are grateful to Mr. F.G. Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, for attributing the picture to Ruthart after inspection of the original (verbal communication, 20 September 2011).