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Animalistic painting with chicken and rooster was executed by renown Dutch animale, bird, landscape painter August Knip (1819-1859), who came from the famous artist family , he was the sibling of another famous animale painter Henriette Ronner-Knip.

Literature: "General Artist´s Lexicon " by Thieme/Becker and " Dictionary of Austrian artists "(in German), Benezit (in French), several Dutch lexicons; Waller 1938; Scheen I volume, 1969.

Inscription: signed lower left.

Technique: oil on canvas. Salon frame.

Measurements: unframed w 8 2/3" x h 6" (22 x 15,3 cm), framed w 13 1/2" x h 11 1/8" (34,3 x 28,2 cm).

Condition: in very good condition, canvas relined.