A Hen with Peacocks and a Turkey

Hondecoeter, Melchior d'ca. 1680

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Hondecoeter enlivened his bird paintings with little vignettes. Here the focus is on the hen taking care for her chicks, surrounded by large and intimidating birds.

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Title: A Hen with Peacocks and a Turkey
Creator: Hondecoeter, Melchior d'
Date Created: ca. 1680
Physical Dimensions: doek
Subject Keywords: diervoorstelling
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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