Fowl and Geese
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1695
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
953 x 1880 mm (37 1/2 x 74 in)
Order this imageCollection
Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd
NT 1421751
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Fowl and Geese by Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 – Amsterdam 1695) signed M d'Hondecoeter. Two geese left, three fowl right (one in basket) and a pond.
Provenance
Bought by Colonel the Hon. Edward Douglas-Pennant, 1st Baron Penrhyn of Llandegai (1800 – 1886);thence by descent to Hugh Napier Douglas Pennant, 4th Baron Penrhyn of Llangedai (1894 – 1949), who left Penryhn and its estates to his niece, Lady Janet Marcia Rose Pelham (1923 - 1997), who with her husband John Charles Harper, thereupon assumed the name of Douglas Pennant, and in 1951 made over the castle and part of its contents in lieu of death-duties to HM Treasury (from the estate of Hugh, 4th Baron Penrhyn (1894 – 1949), which transferred them to the National Trust
Credit line
Penrhyn Castle, The Douglas Pennant Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(signed)
Makers and roles
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695), artist