Nils HANSTEEN c.1905-10 The Ducks in a Meadow Landscape. Oil/canvas signed “Nils Hansteen” on the lower left part - Provenance : Private Swedish collection. 
Nils Severin Lynge Hansteen was a Norwegian painter known for his landscape paintings as well as his marine art, often featuring ships in a  stormy seas. He painted in a naturalistic style, with motifs from marine and forest environments as our painting. His art is on exhibit at a number of public art museum throughout Norway