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| Title | Dead Game | |
| Collection | Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Attributed to circle of Aelst, Willem van (Dutch still life painter, 1627-after 1687) Previously attributed to Aelst, Willem van (Dutch still life painter, 1627-after 1687) |
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| Date Earliest | about 1650 | |
| Date Latest | about 1730 | |
| Signed | yes | |
| Description | Previously attributed to Willem van Aelst, the painting was reattributed to the circle of Van Aelst by Christie's in 1991. Aelst worked in Paris and Florence before settling in Amsterdam. He was one of the first still-life painters to depict hunt trophies. Few Dutch artists painted game pieces, because the market for such works remained small and hunting and shooting were not widely practised in the northern Netherlands. | |
| Current Accession Number | ROCDG:1236 | |
| Inscription | front lr 'Jo[...]P[...]' | |
| Subject | still life (dead gamebirds) | |
| Measurements | 39 x 50 cm (estimate) | |
| Material | oil on panel | |
| Acquisition Details | Transferred from Heywood Library 1974. | |
| Provenance | The Santry Court Collection, Dublin, dispersed in 1738-9; given by Thomas Kay to Heywood Library 1912. | |
| Publications | Kay, Thomas., Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures, Heywood Municipal Art Gallery and Museum, 1911, cat. no. XXIX, p. 53. | |
| Rights Owner | Touchstones Rochdale Art Gallery | |
| Author | Lisa Howard | |