Lot 175: Cornelis van Lelienbergh (? c. 1626-after 1676 The Hague)

A hare, a duck and a partridge with a wicker basket of pears, a cabbage, parsnips, artichokes on a stone ledge in a kitchen interior
signed with initials 'CL' (lower left)
oil on canvas laid down on board
54 1/8 x 43 3/4 in. (137.5 x 111.1 cm.)

Suermondt collection, Aachen.
Anonymous sale; Lempertz, Cologne, 5 May 1937, lot 244.

Lelienbergh joined the Guild of Saint Luke in 1646, participating in the Confrerie Picture in 1656. A painter of mainly still lifes with game and some kitchen interiors, the influence of Jan-Baptiste Weenix is strongly evident. He worked in the Hague at the same time as the latter's nephew, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, and the two seemed to have influenced each other.

The present lot, which is unusual in terms of its size, is likely to be a late work by the artist, when it has been noted that his paintings became more ambitious and influenced by the work of contemporary Flemish painters such as Adriaen van Utrecht.

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