Sujet

A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’, c.1680. Creator: Melchior d'Hondecoeter.

Légende

A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’, c.1680. Melchior d'Hondecoeter specialised in depicting birds. Here he painted a pelican, various ducks, a cassowary (left), a flamingo and an African crested crane. D'Hondecoeter was commissioned to paint the work by Stadholder William III and his wife Mary. It was intended for Het Loo palace, where William and Mary kept a menagerie of exotic animals.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A66_146

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 39,8cm x 44,0cm / 4704 x 5200 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe animal wildlife building close up painting bird birds exotic pool science crane museum Netherlands Dutch feathers pelican flamingo duck ducks floating feather water bird palace Baroque century biology variety concept close-up closeup various cassowary shorebird 17th century waterfowl wading bird ornithology oil Painting waterbird natural history aquatic bird flightless bird menagerie seventeenth century Oil on canvas Rijksmuseum TGN Het Loo portrait oil Baroque Era Oil on canvas Melchior d'Hondecoeter d'Hondecoeter Melchior Hondecoeter Melchior D' Painting Heritage Art Melchior d' Hondecoeter Het Loo Palace Loo Palace Low Countries Hondecoeter Melchior de African crested crane