Turkey, Geese, Shelduck, and other Fowl, in a Landscape with a Stream
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1695
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
1384 x 1702 mm (54 1/2 x 67 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453731
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Turkey, Geese, Shelduck, and other Fowl, in a Landscape with a Stream, by Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 – Amsterdam 1695). One goose stands on the bank of a stream, while another sleeps behind it and a third is in the water below with goslings. Other ducks are on the bank in the foreground, and a shelduck can be seen in the middle ground. A turkey peers in from the left, and another bird flies down from the top right. A large expanse of water stretches away in the left background.
Provenance
Purchased by the Ministry of Works through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust for Dyrham Park in 1956.
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (acquired by the Ministry of Works via the National Land Fund in 1956, and transferred to the National Trust)
Makers and roles
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695), artist
References
Inventory of Chattels at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, to be Purchased by the Minister of Works, 1956, p.1, no.19, in the East Hall