Lot 30: Nicasius Bernaerts (Antwerp 1620-1678 Paris)

A spaniel and a cat fighting, with another cat looking on
oil on canvas
28 7/8 x 36 1/2 in. (73.4 x 92.7 cm.)

Hanover, Provinzialmusuem, on loan, until 1926

Verzeichnis der Hausmannschen Gemäldesammlung in Hanover, 1831, no. 26.
Dr. Reimer's catalogue of the Fidekommiss Galerie..., 1905, no. 88 (according to a label on the reverse).

Graf von Wallmoden, Wallmodensche Galerie, Hanover; sale, Ramberg, Hanover, 1 September 1818, where acquired by
Oberbergrat B. Hausman, Hanover (his collector's label and inventory no. 267 affixed to the stretcher).
Georg V, King of Hanover and Duke of Cumberland (1819-1878) (his cipher on the relining canvas) and through the kings of Hanover until sold with the contents of the Fideikommiss Galerie des Gesamthauses Braunschweig-Lübeburg, Cassirer, Berlin, 24 April 1926, lot 31.
with Gösta Stemman, Helsinki.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 December 1998, lot 132, as Alexandre François Desportes, signed 'Desportes', where purchased by the present owner.

We are grateful to Fred Meijer of the RKD for confirming the attribution after inspection of the original.

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