Geese and Ducks, Melchior d’ Hondecoeter, 1680, Mauritshuis MuseumHondecoeter specialised
Geese and Ducks, Melchior d’ Hondecoeter, 1680, Mauritshuis MuseumHondecoeter specialised in this type of decorative painting of assorted poultry. This one shows a group of geese and ducks in a landscape with stormy weather. This painting belongs with the painting of hens and ducks that is also hanging here. They come from the collection of the Orange-Nassau family, and were hung in Oranienstein Castle in Diez, Germany, in the eighteenth century.https://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2021672/resource_document_mauritshuis_61.html?utm_source=api&utm_medium=api&utm_campaign=j4AoMQNzp -- source link
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