Barnyard Scene: a Cock attacking a Turkey to defend a Hen and her Chicks
attributed to Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1615 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1245 x 1861 mm (49 x 73 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Flanders (Belgium from 1830)
Order this imageCollection
Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 533864
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Barnyard Scene: a Cock attacking a Turkey to defend a Hen and her Chicks, attributed to Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678). The composition is derived from other very similar compositions signed by de Vos. A cock and turkey fighting at the left; a hen in the centre perched on a basket, above a hen and chicks, a cottage in the right background. In a large giltwood frame. Purchased in 1822.
Provenance
On loan from Sir Edmund Fairfax-Lucy, 6th Bt (b. 1945).
Makers and roles
attributed to Paul de Vos (Hulst 1591/2 or 1595 - Antwerp 1678), publisher previously catalogued as manner of Pieter Casteels (Antwerp 1684 - Richmond 1749) , publisher previously catalogued as attributed to Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht 1636 - Amsterdam 1695), publisher