Property from a Private Collection
Jakob Bogdány
Two peacocks, a guinea fowl, a red-legged partridge, a grey partridge, a shelduck and other birds in a landscape
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Property from a Private Collection
Jakob Bogdány
Eperjes circa 1660–1724 London
Two peacocks, a guinea fowl, a red-legged partridge, a grey partridge, a shelduck and other birds in a landscape
signed lower right: J. Bogdani
oil on canvas
unframed: 128 x 101.5 cm.; 50⅜ x 40 in.
framed: 144.3 x 119.4 cm.; 56¾ x 47 in.
P. Ashton Jonson, London (according to a label on the reverse).
After a brief sojourn in Amsterdam between 1684 and 1686, where he would have encountered the works of Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636–1695), Bogdány settled in London. Here, his vivid still life and bird paintings were coveted by the aristocracy. Queen Mary and Queen Anne were among his clientele, and it was through Queen Anne that Bogdány met Admiral George Churchill (1654–1710), the younger brother of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650–1722). Churchill had an aviary full of unusual birds at Windsor, plausibly inspiring Bogdány's fascination with accurately depicting these animals, as demonstrated in this painting.
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