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CIRCLE OF NICASIUS BERNAERTS (FLEMISH 1620-1678)DOGS BARKING AT SWANS AND DUCKS IN A PONDOil on canvasIndistinctly signed in red (lower left)92 x 143cm (36 x 56¼ in.)Provenance:Dorotheum, Vienna, 2 March 2017, lot 201 (as Circle of David de Koninck)A larger version (137 x 197 cm) of the same composition resides in the collection of the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, coll. no. 335. This work was previously attributed to Joannes Fijt and Frans Snijders, but is currently attributed to Nicasius Bernaerts Another version was sold in Paris, Drouot-Bergé, 17 December 2014, lot 15, as Flemish School, 17th century, with signature J. Fijt.