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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableGillis de Hondecoeter was a Dutch painter who was born into the artistic profession. The talent and love of painting would define the life of the family for generations to come. Sons followed with impressive success. His grandson Melchior perfected his talent and focused on animal painting. Melchior de Hondecoeter became probably the most famous animal painter in Europe in the 17th century. The painter's most popular subject was birds. Melchior was drawn to Amsterdam, a city that had become prosperous as a result of the Golden Age and was notable for its liberalism. In his new environment, Melchior devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes with animals and hunting motifs. He adopted the composition of the picture from his model Frans Snyder and began to place the birds in the center of the picture. No other artist had the skill to depict the plumage of the animals in such detail and vividness. Melchior de Hondecoeter quickly gained the attention of his fellow artists and wealthy patrons.
Melchior placed the depiction of feathered animals in the context of Baroque gardens and hunting grounds. An idiosyncrasy that earned the artist the nickname "Raphael of the Animals." The connection to Baroque splendor and prosperity can be traced to quite mundane circumstances. Art scholars are convinced that the painter really saw the animals. The movements, anatomy and plumage of the birds are far too authentic, which is why the artist's paintings cannot be based on stories and books. While his grandfather and also his father probably worked with a small gallows, Melchior probably observed the animals. Courtly animal husbandry became increasingly popular among aristocratic and wealthy contemporaries. Seafaring opened a world to the exotic, and while plants were collected in botanical gardens, animals lived at court in menageries. Rare animals could be observed in the royal menageries. Scholars suspect that Melchior had access to these often private keepings of animals through his patrons.
The wealthy society liked to surround themselves with animals. In addition to parrots, these included racehorses and hunting dogs, which were not supposed to lead an existence in hiding. The animals were painted and presented. The wealthier the client, the greater had to be the skill of the artist. Hondecoeter's talent was probably sufficient to open the doors of the noblest houses. The artist rarely depicted animals as still likenesses. Fighting birds and pointed scenes enliven the works with a certain dramaturgy. Intersecting objects at the edges of the picture create the impression of a snapshot. Melchior often combines native wildlife with unfamiliar fauna. Parks, landscapes and architecture become staffage for the actual protagonists, the birds.
Gillis de Hondecoeter was a Dutch painter who was born into the artistic profession. The talent and love of painting would define the life of the family for generations to come. Sons followed with impressive success. His grandson Melchior perfected his talent and focused on animal painting. Melchior de Hondecoeter became probably the most famous animal painter in Europe in the 17th century. The painter's most popular subject was birds. Melchior was drawn to Amsterdam, a city that had become prosperous as a result of the Golden Age and was notable for its liberalism. In his new environment, Melchior devoted himself entirely to painting still lifes with animals and hunting motifs. He adopted the composition of the picture from his model Frans Snyder and began to place the birds in the center of the picture. No other artist had the skill to depict the plumage of the animals in such detail and vividness. Melchior de Hondecoeter quickly gained the attention of his fellow artists and wealthy patrons.
Melchior placed the depiction of feathered animals in the context of Baroque gardens and hunting grounds. An idiosyncrasy that earned the artist the nickname "Raphael of the Animals." The connection to Baroque splendor and prosperity can be traced to quite mundane circumstances. Art scholars are convinced that the painter really saw the animals. The movements, anatomy and plumage of the birds are far too authentic, which is why the artist's paintings cannot be based on stories and books. While his grandfather and also his father probably worked with a small gallows, Melchior probably observed the animals. Courtly animal husbandry became increasingly popular among aristocratic and wealthy contemporaries. Seafaring opened a world to the exotic, and while plants were collected in botanical gardens, animals lived at court in menageries. Rare animals could be observed in the royal menageries. Scholars suspect that Melchior had access to these often private keepings of animals through his patrons.
The wealthy society liked to surround themselves with animals. In addition to parrots, these included racehorses and hunting dogs, which were not supposed to lead an existence in hiding. The animals were painted and presented. The wealthier the client, the greater had to be the skill of the artist. Hondecoeter's talent was probably sufficient to open the doors of the noblest houses. The artist rarely depicted animals as still likenesses. Fighting birds and pointed scenes enliven the works with a certain dramaturgy. Intersecting objects at the edges of the picture create the impression of a snapshot. Melchior often combines native wildlife with unfamiliar fauna. Parks, landscapes and architecture become staffage for the actual protagonists, the birds.
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.jpg "Scarlet Macaw Perched on an Urn, with Other Birds and a Monkey Eating Grapes by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "M. de Hondecoeter, Victorious Rooster by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Dead Rooster Hanging on a Nail by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Macaw and a Monkey by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Rooster and Turkey Fighting, c. 1680 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Peacock and a Peahen on a Plinth, with Ducks and Other Birds in a Park by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "The White Peacock by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Peacocks and other Birds by a Lake by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Cockerel, Hens, Chicks, a Partridge, Pheasants, a Peacock and a Pigeon by a Wall in the Park of a Mansion by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Peacock, Parakeet, Pelican, Crane and Poultry by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "An Eagle and a Swallow in Flight by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Rooster and Turkey Fighting by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Mallard and a Golden Eagle in a Classical Garden Landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Farmyard Fowls with Pigeons by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Peacock, Pigeon, Ducks and Other Birds in a Garden Setting by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Cock, Hens and Chicks, 1668-1670 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Hen, Rooster and Turkey in a Farmyard by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Bantam Cockerel with Hens and Chicks in a Farmyard by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Poultry, c.1670 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Revolt in the Poultry Coup by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Cockerel and Other Fowl in a Landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Farmyard ducks by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Chinese and Egyptian Geese and other birds in a Landscape with Ruins nearby by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Peacocks and Other Birds, with a Sheep and Dog in a Landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Dog Defending the Game, 1658 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Turkey, Cock and Cockerel and Other Exotic Fowl in a Park Setting by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Cockerel, Hens and Chicks by a Fence in a Wooded Landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Hare by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Fight between a Rooster and a Turkey by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Poultry Yard, c.1668 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Poultry and Spaniel in a Farmyard by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Birds in the Park by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Still Life of a Dead Pheasant hanging from a Hook by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Hen with Chicks by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Waterfowl in a classical landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Poultry in Parkland by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Detail from Menagerie, c.1680 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Two Fowls and Ducks on a Pond by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1484405).jpg "Birds in a Garden by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1493944).jpg "A Park with Swan and Other Birds by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "A Peacock and a Spaniel in the Garden of a Villa by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1497842).jpg "A Rooster and Turkey Fighting by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-979890).jpg "Detail from Menagerie, c.1680 by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
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.jpg "Palace of Amsterdam with Exotic Birds by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
.jpg "Chained monkey in a landscape by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
.jpg "Many Different Types of Birds at a Pool in a Park by Melchior de Hondecoeter")
.jpg "A Peacock on a Decorative Urn by Melchior de Hondecoeter")