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FRANZ VAN SEVERDONCK
Belgian, 1809-1889
Poultry in a Landscape (1860)
Oil on panel | Signed lower left "1860 F. Severdonck" | inscribed and signed by artist to reverse of panel
Item # 106LYP27M
A very finely painted landscape scene with a proud rooster as the focal point, surrounded by hens and chicks with two ducks swimming in the nearby pond beneath a vivid blue sky. The work is executed on an oil panel and is signed lower left, dated 1860, while the reverse of the panel is inscribed in French and signed. It appears to be hung in the original frame, a very nice giltwood composition frame with a fluted cove and acanthus relief corners before a pressed bas-relief anthemion border.
Measurements: 7" H x 9/3" W [panel]; 15 3/8" H x 18" W x 2 3/4" D [frame]
Condition Report:
Cleaned and professionally conserved (treatments include removal of old varnish layer, touching up scratch in the clouds, applying fresh Damar varnish); minor crazing to the paint; frame with wear and some losses, chipping to the gilding in a few spots; presents beautifully.