A Cock and Two Hens, with Chicks, in a Landscape Setting
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1656 - 1695
Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
768 x 902 mm (30 1/4 x 35 1/2 in)
Order this imageCollection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 453766
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A Cock and Two Hens, with Chicks, in a Landscape Setting, by Melchior de Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 – Amsterdam 1695). Two hens and a cockerel with chicks in a landscape.
Provenance
Purchased by the Ministry of Works from the sale of paintings from Dyrham Park at Sotheby's, 29 February 1956, lot 49, through the National Land Fund, Indigenous collection purchased by Ministry of Works in 1956 and given to Dyrham Park in 1961
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
Catalogue of Old Master paintings the property of J. R. W. Blathwayt, Esq. [1956]., lot 49 Inventory of Chattels at Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire, to be Purchased by the Minister of Works, 1956, p.5, on the West Staircase, no.236