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Petrus Janssens (active Antwerp c. 1750)
Dead Game in a Landscape c.1730-70
Oil on panel | 40.8 x 31.7 x 0.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404622
Middle Closet, Hampton Court Palace
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This typical hunter’s still life in the manner of Jan Weenix is signed ‘P. IanSsens f’, which may refer to a little known artist, Petrus Janssens, who became a master of the Antwerp guild on 28 April 1750, but is not otherwise recorded.
Provenance
Acquired by George IV in 1815; recorded in the store at Carlton House in 1819 valued at 40 guineas (no 223); taken to the King's Lodge (Royal Lodge) Windsor Park in 1824; in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace in 1852 (no 127)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on panel
Measurements
40.8 x 31.7 x 0.9 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
57.7 x 48.7 x 5.2 cm (frame, external)
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