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Premier Auction - Session I

Fri, Mar 25, 2022 09:00AM EDT
Lot 408

Follower of Jean-Baptiste Oudry

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

(French, 1686-1755)

Two Herons with a Swan Guarding Its Nest, unsigned, oil on canvas, 57 x 61 in; wood frame, 62-3/8 x 66 in.

Note: This painting is featured in the Architectural Digest 1982 issue titled "The Collectors". The article indicates the painting was in the collection of art historian Robert Allen of Manhattan, who attributed the work to Theodore van Thulden (Dutch, 1606-1669).

Provenance: Ex-collection of art historian, Robert Allen, New York, New York

Condition

lined with paste and linen, surface dirt, crackle, some cupping and cleavage, minor flaking, areas of overcleaning, trimmed, scattered retouch; frame with abrasions