Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Geese and Ducks

61 detail
62 achterzijde
62 ingelijst
61 voorzijde
61 voorzijde

Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Geese and Ducks

1680 展览中 房间12

Hondecoeter specialised in this type of decorative painting of assorted poultry. This one shows a group of geese and ducks in a landscape with stormy weather.

This painting belongs with the painting of hens and ducks that is also hanging here. They come from the collection of the Orange-Nassau family, and were hung in Oranienstein Castle in Diez, Germany, in the eighteenth century.

技术细节
61 voorzijde

Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Geese and Ducks

1680 展览中 房间12

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详情

基本信息
Melchior d' Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - 1695 Amsterdam)
Geese and Ducks
1680
painting
61
房间12
材料和技术细节
oil
canvas
115 x 136 cm
铭文
on the fence: M d'Hondecoeter

来源

Princess Henriette Catharina; Oranienstein Palace, Diez, 1726; by inheritance to Prince William V, The Hague, 1776-1795; confiscated by the French, transferred to the Muséum Central des Arts/Musée Napoléon (Musée du Louvre), Paris, 1795-1815; Royal Picture Gallery, housed in the Prince William V Gallery, The Hague, 1816; transferred to the Mauritshuis, 1822