Poultry attacked by predatory Birds in a Landscape
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1695
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
965 x 1137 mm (38 x 44 3/4 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453732
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Poultry attacked by predatory birds in a Landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 – Amsterdam 1695), signed M. D. Hondecoeter. A hawk and a kite fight over a dead cockerel in the foreground, with distressed chickens in the background.
Provenance
Recorded at Dyrham Park since at least 1839; thence by descent; purchased by Colnaghi for the National Trust from the sale of paintings from Dyrham Park at Sotheby's, 29 February 1956, lot 47.
Credit line
Dyrham Park, The Blathwayt Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Under the white hen in the centre: M. D. Hondecoeter
Makers and roles
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695), artist
References
Catalogue of Old Master paintings the property of J. R. W. Blathwayt, Esq. [1956]., lot 47 Inventory of Chattels at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, to be Purchased by the Minister of Works, 1956, p.8, no.398, in the White Bedroom