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Melchior d' Hondecoeter

1636–1695 · Dutch Republic

Born
1636 · Utrecht
Died
1695 · Amsterdam

37 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter was a Dutch animalier painter who, after the start of his career, painted virtually exclusively bird subjects. His works featured various bird species, including geese, peacocks, and several types of cranes, cockatoos, and lories.

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛlxijɔr də ˈɦɔndəˌkutər]; c. 1636 – 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. Hondecoeter's paintings featured geese (brent goose, Egyptian goose and red-breasted goose), fieldfares, partridges, pigeons, ducks, northern cardinal, magpies and peacocks, but also African grey crowned cranes, Asian sarus cranes, Indonesian yellow-crested cockatoos, an Indonesian purple-naped lory and grey-headed lovebirds from Madagascar.

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Registered works

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Featured works

Selected registered works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Selected from 37 works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter in the Collect24 Registry.

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, Birds in a Park

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Birds in a Park, 1686

canvas

112 × 140 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-113438

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, A Hen with Peacocks and a Turkey

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

A Hen with Peacocks and a Turkey, c. 1680

canvas

134 × 174.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-107963

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, De menagerie

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

De menagerie, c. 1690

canvas

135 × 116.5 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-107205

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, A Hunter’s Bag near a Tree Stump with a Magpie, Known as ‘The Contemplative Magpie’

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

A Hunter’s Bag near a Tree Stump with a Magpie, Known as ‘The Contemplative Magpie’, c. 1678

canvas

215 × 134 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-107204

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’, c. 1680

canvas, paint

159 × 144 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-107203

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, Hunter’s Bag on a Terrace

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Hunter’s Bag on a Terrace, c. 1678

canvas

211 × 137 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-107202

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, A Hunter's Bag, with Dead Hare

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

A Hunter's Bag, with Dead Hare, 1660 - 1695

canvas

110 × 88 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-106330

Melchior d' Hondecoeter, Ducks

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

Ducks, c. 1675 - c. 1680

canvas

93 × 116 cm

Rijksmuseum

C24-106030

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Ducks and Geese in a Farmyard

Melchior d'Hondecoeter

Ducks and Geese in a Farmyard, 1680

oil paint

127.1 × 156.1 cm

Royal Collection

C24-293217

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, A poultry yard

Melchior d'Hondecoeter

A poultry yard, 1660

oil paint

92 × 109 cm

Amsterdam Museum

C24-457233

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Barnyard Fowl and Peacocks

Melchior d'Hondecoeter

Barnyard Fowl and Peacocks, 1665

oil paint

121.9 × 156.5 cm

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

C24-452801

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, stillife with dead birds

Melchior d'Hondecoeter

stillife with dead birds, 1672

oil paint

57 × 47 cm

Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection

C24-339167

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