Michiel Simons

(Antwerpen(?) - 1673 Utrecht)

Dead game birds in a landscape

Canvas, 92 x 117 cm

Signed and dated at lower left: M Simons f 1650

This painting belongs to a distinctive category of works that combine hunting still lifes with landscape. The scenery here, with its steep cliffs bathed in the golden light of the setting sun, strongly recalls the Italianate landscapes of Jan Both.