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A Hen with Chicks Threatened by Two Peacocks, Known as 'The Threatened Hen'
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Hondecoeter enlivened his bird paintings with little vignettes. Here the focus is on the hen protecting her chicks from the large and intimidating peacocks.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineEen hen met kuikens bedreigd door twee pauwen, bekend als ‘De bedreigde hen’. 1681. Melchior d' Hondecoeter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
