Willem van Aelst (Delft 1627 -in or after 1683 Amsterdam (?), Still life of game with a pheasant, a duck, a kingfisher and other birds

signed and dated upper right: w.v.aelst/ 1654. oil on copper. 46.5 by 37 cm.; 18 1/4 by 14 1/2 in. Est. 20,000—30,000 GBP

PROVENANCE: Lucien Bonaparte, Prince de Canino, (1775-1840), by 1812.

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES: Galerie de Lucien Bonaparte, Paris 1812, p. 2, no. 32, plate 132;
B. Edelein-Badie, La collection de tableaux de Lucien Bonaparte, Prince de Canino, Phd Dissertation 1992, University Paul Valéry de Montpellier, vol. II, pp. 220, no. 1;
M. Natoli ed., Luciano Bonaparte: le sue collezioni d'arte, le sua residenze a Roma, nel Lazio, in Italia, 1804-1840, Rome 1995, p. 353, no. 197.

NOTE: We are grateful to Fred G. Meijer for endorsing the attribution on the basis of photographs.

Sotheby's. Old Master & Early British Paintings. 22 Apr 09. London www.sothebys.com photo courtesy Sotheby's