Melchior d'Hondecoeter
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Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in pa
Portrait of Melchior d'Hondecoeter for Arnold Houbraken's Schouwburg, by Houbraken's son Jacob.
Hunting trophies beside a magpie on a tree stump, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Still Life with Cock, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
A Cock and Two Hens, with Chicks, in a Landscape Setting (1656–95), oil on canvas, 76.8 x cm., National Trust
The Bird in Borrowed Feathers is a fable of Classical Greek origin usually ascribed to Aesop. It has existed in numerous different versions between that time and the Middle Ages, going by various titl
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
…Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection Geflügelhof [Poultry Farm] (ca. 1675-99), oil on canvas, 162 × 220,5 cm., Kunsthistorisches Museum The Crow Exposed (ca. 1680), oil on canvas, 170.2 × 211.5 cm., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Pelican and Birds Near a Pool, "The Floating Feather" (ca. 1680), oil on…
The Crow Exposed by Melchior d' Hondecoeter (ca. 1680), oil on canvas, 170.2 × 211.5 cm., Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Harrison Weir's illustration of The Vain Jackdaw, 1881
The fable applied to Napoleon in a political cartoon