A Hunter’s Bag near a Tree Stump with a Magpie, Known as ‘The Contemplative Magpie’
c. 1678
- Medium
- canvas
- Dimensions
- 215 × 134 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-107204
Commissioned by King William III of Orange, d’Hondecoeter painted these two hunting still lifes for Soestdijk Palace. They hung facing one another in a corridor whereby the magpie in this painting ‘speaks’ to the peacock in the other one. Together they depict a fable in which the birds must choose a king. The magpie objects to the peacock. With its splendid plumage how can it effectively defend its fellow birds in times of peril?
Registry history
- c. 1678 — Recorded in the collection of Rijksmuseum
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