ATTRIBUÉ À JAN VAN KESSEL DIT LE JEUNE (Anvers,... Lot 3

ATTRIBUÉ À JAN VAN KESSEL DIT LE JEUNE (Anvers, 1654 - Madrid, 1708) FIGHTING COCK AND TURKEY Painting on copper parquet 16.5 x 22 cm This painting represents a fight between a cock and a turkey in a farmyard. The rooster seems to have the advantage but the outcome of the duel is not yet certain. A few feathers scattered on the ground bear witness to the violence of the confrontation. In addition, the frame is decorated with a blue and white strip reminiscent of Delft Faience productions. Jan II van Kessel was a pupil of his father Jan I (1626-1679) whose uncle was the famous Brueghel de Velours (1568-1625). Jan the Younger went to Madrid in 1680 where he painted the portrait of Queen Marie-Louise, wife of Charles II. Appointed painter to the Spanish court in 1686, he also painted the portrait of the monarch's second wife, Princess Marie-Anne of Palatinate.