Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1636-1695
Dutch animal painter. His grandfather, Gillis d'Hondecoeter (d. 1638) and his father, Gysbert d'Hondecoeter (1604?C1653), were landscape and animal painters. After four years at The Hague, where he painted The Menagerie of William III at Loo, Melchior settled in Amsterdam. He painted all forms of animal life, but is best known for his depiction of birds and fowl, in which he has few equals. Representative works, executed in a smooth, precise style, include the Dead Cock
Birds and a Spaniel in a Garden sf Painting ID:: 7597
Artist: HONDECOETER, Melchior d Painting: Birds and a Spaniel in a Garden sf Introduction: Oil on canvas, 127,6 x 152,4 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor
stilleben med faglar och jaktredskap Painting ID:: 69158
Artist: HONDECOETER, Melchior d Painting: stilleben med faglar och jaktredskap Introduction: olja på trä 56x46
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Das Vogelkonzert Painting ID:: 73478
Artist: HONDECOETER, Melchior d Painting: Das Vogelkonzert Introduction: 1670
Oil on canvas
84 x 99
cjr
View of a Terrace Painting ID:: 73644
Artist: HONDECOETER, Melchior d Painting: View of a Terrace Introduction: "View of a Terrace" by Melchior d'Hondecoeter; oil painting on panel, Belton House, Lincolnshire, England.
17th century
cjr
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1636-1695
Dutch animal painter. His grandfather, Gillis d'Hondecoeter (d. 1638) and his father, Gysbert d'Hondecoeter (1604?C1653), were landscape and animal painters. After four years at The Hague, where he painted The Menagerie of William III at Loo, Melchior settled in Amsterdam. He painted all forms of animal life, but is best known for his depiction of birds and fowl, in which he has few equals. Representative works, executed in a smooth, precise style, include the Dead Cock