Jan Hendricksz. van Zuylen
An interior with rabbits, chickens and a still life
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December 16, 02:35 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Jan Hendricksz. van Zuylen
Utrecht, active 17th Century
An interior with rabbits, chickens and a still life
signed and dated indistinctly on the cage lower left: JH[...] / Z[...]f / 1665
signed on the cage lower right: VZ
oil on canvas
unframed: 96.7 x 88.6 cm.; 38⅛ x 34⅞ in.;
framed: 104.6 x 95.8 cm.; 41¼ x 37¾ in.
Little is known about the painter Jan Hendricks van Zuylen, though he was probably born in Utrecht where his father was registered as a guild pupil in 1614. A 'banquet still life by van Zuylen' is documented in 1649, confirming his activity as a still-life painter, as evidenced by a signed work in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.1 Attribution of the present work to Van Zuylen was supported by Dr Fred G. Meijer when he saw the painting in 2020.