{"product_id":"vintage-hunting-dog-oil-painting-setters-pheasant-signed","title":"Vintage Hunting Dog Oil Painting, Two Setters and Pheasant, Large Signed","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eTwo \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eEnglish setters work a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epheasant at the edge of a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003estill pond, one dog \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efrozen with its head \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethrown up at the rising cock bird, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003esecond pushing in low behind it, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ewhile a gun in a soft \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ehat moves up through \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe birches at the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eright. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epainter signed it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e\"Van Daele\" in the lower left. It \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecarries the label of a Brussels framer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eon the reverse, and it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecomes in a deep gilt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecomposition frame with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efoliate and cartouche \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecorners. The setters \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eare the whole show \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ehere, all that white \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecoat worked wet \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eagainst the autumn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003egrass.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Artist | Bearing a signature \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ereading \"Van Daele\" in the lower left, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eartist unidentified\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Signature | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eSigned lower left, \"Van Daele.\" A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epencil inscription reading \"Van Daele\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eand \"5044\" appears on the stretcher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eMedium | Oil on canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Subject | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eTwo English setters working a pheasant \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eat a pond edge, a second flushing bird \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eand small flock beyond, a gun advancing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efrom the tree line, autumn woodland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eOrigin | Continental European, likely \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eBelgian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e[d]Age | Circa 1950, read from the unlined machine-woven canvas, keyed stretcher, cast composition frame, and the mid-century Brussels framer's label. An estimated date from physical evidence, not a documented one\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e Size | 36 in. W x 19.75 in. H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Frame\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e Size | 44.5 in. W x 29 in. H\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Format\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e | Horizontal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Frame | Deep gilt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecomposition frame over wood, foliate \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eand cartouche corners, fitted by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eBrussels framer whose label is on the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ereverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]School or Movement | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eContinental sporting painting. A long \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003etradition of hunting and shooting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003escenes produced across Belgium, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eNorthern France, and the Low Countries \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethrough the 19th and earlier 20th \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecenturies, showing gun dogs at work, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003egame birds, and the shooting field. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eSetters and pointers on point were a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efavorite subject, painted for country \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ehouses, sporting lodges, and the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003edecorative trade.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Support | \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eUnlined, original canvas on a keyed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ewooden stretcher with a single vertical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecross-member\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[d]Provenance | Bears the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003elabel of L. Desmet, a picture framer on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe Chaussée de Wavre in Ixelles, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eBrussels, on the reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ehe painting is on its original unlined \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecanvas, tacked to a keyed wooden \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003estretcher with a single vertical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecross-member. There is a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eclean slit in the canvas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eroughly one inch long in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe lower foreground \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003egrass, left of center \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eand near the bottom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eedge, in a passage of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epainted grass away from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe dogs, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epheasant, and the sky. The \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eedges of the slit are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eclean with no \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eassociated paint loss or \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003elifting visible in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003earea around it. It is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003edisclosed here and shown \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eclose up in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ephotographs so you can \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ejudge it for yourself. A \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ebuyer may choose to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ehave it closed by a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003econservator or leave it as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eis; at normal viewing \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003edistance it sits low in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ethe composition and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ereads as minor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epaint surface is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eotherwise stable, with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003efine texture and even \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003etoning you would expect of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ea canvas of this age. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eThe signature is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003elegible in the lower left. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eThe gilt composition \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eframe shows rubbing and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003esmall losses to the high \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003epoints of the corners and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ecrest, with a few areas of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003egilt worn through to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eground, consistent with age \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eand handling. Please \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003ereview all photographs \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eclosely, as they form part \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"_animating_yu34g_10\"\u003eof this description.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e#163\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51482663256342,"sku":"AMD-03603","price":885.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/Belgium_FranceInventoryContinued-9464.jpg?v=1785260701","url":"https:\/\/austynmariedesign.com\/products\/vintage-hunting-dog-oil-painting-setters-pheasant-signed","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}