Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Geese and Ducks

61 detail
62 achterzijde
62 ingelijst
61 voorzijde
61 voorzijde

Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Geese and Ducks

展示場所 室 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.

技法の詳細
61 voorzijde

Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Geese and Ducks

展示場所 室 12

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詳細

一般情報
Melchior d' Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - 1695 Amsterdam)
Geese and Ducks
painting
61
室 12
材料と技法の詳細
oil
canvas
115 x 136 cm
刻印
on the fence: M d'Hondecoeter

起源

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