Paintings Collection

Philips Angel (1616 - after 1683)

Still Life of Game with four Plovers

A615; oil on panel; 57 x 73 cm

Bequeathed by Daisy Linda Ward, 1939; WA1940.2.91

Meijer 2003, no. 6

Long attributed to Jan Vonck, a painter who specialized in paintings of dead birds, this still life is now attributed to Philips Angel, a painter from Middelburg who painted live birds as well as dead game and also barn interiors with a strong element of still life. Parallels for the type of composition, the texture of the feathers and careful attention to the detail of the table can be found in firmly attributed works by Angel.

Information derived from the The Ashmolean Museum index.php/complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.