Birds of Britain (Concert of Song Birds in Two Trees, watched by an Owl)
Flemish School
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1475 x 965 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 515615
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Birds of Britain (Concert of Song Birds in Two Trees, watched by an Owl), Flemish School, 17th century. Concert of song birds perched in two intertwining trees, sheet of music on ground, landscape beyond. Arched top frame. Gilt frame, labelled 'Birds of Britain, J. Bogdani 1670-1720'.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966) with the house and the rest of the contents.
Credit line
Anglesey Abbey, The Fairhaven Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Flemish School, artist previously catalogued as attributed to Jakob Bogdany (c.1660 – 1724), artist