ATTRIBUÉ À JAN VAN KESSEL DIT LE JEUNE (Anvers, 1654 - Madrid, 1708)
COCK AND TURKEY FIGHT Painting on copper parquet 16.5 x 22 cm
This painting represents a fight between a rooster 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 band 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 a 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 de Palatinat.
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