Lot 33: Willem Hendrik Wilhelmus van Royen , Amsterdam 1672 - 1742 Wild ducks, geese, two doves, a swallow and a great tit in a landscape oil on canvas

signed upper centre: W. v. Royen oil on canvas

measurements note 116.5 by 108.7 cm.

OTHER PROPERTIES
The Amsterdam painter and draughtsman Van Royen mainly produced poultry scenes, such as the present work. Although he is often confused in literature with The Hague still life painter Willem Frederiksz. van Royen (circa 1645-1723), this Willem must be the Willem van Royen who is mentioned in Houbraken's biography of Melchior d'Hondecoeter (1636-1695), as both pupil and witness to the latter's lavish hangovers.υ1

1. See A. Houbraken, P.T.A. Swillens (ed.), De Groote Schouburgh der Nederlantsche Konstschilders en Schilderessen, Maastricht 1953, vol. III, p. 58.