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Birds on a Balustrade
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
D'Hondecoeter was the preeminent specialist in the genre of bird painting, and his work was in great demand. He painted birds from all corners of the world with a refined feeling for detail, colour, and liveliness. Here he portrayed a chicken, a hoopoe, and a parrot. D'Hondecoeter made studies in oil, which he could repeatedly use in his workshop as an aidememoire while painting. The birds occur in identical poses in other pictures.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineBirds on a Balustrade. c. 1680 - c. 1690. Melchior d' Hondecoeter. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
