art-and-things-of-beauty:A particular portrait of a duck by Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)The portr
art-and-things-of-beauty:A particular portrait of a duck by Aelbert Cuyp (Dutch, 1620-1691)The portrait also contains a poem that told that the duck in Werkendam is born and is painted in 1647 because she had become 20 years of age and had laid 100 eggs annually.In 1650 is there added that Sijctghen, such as the duck was named, at the respectable age of 23 years died.“Ik ben gebroet te wercken.damk'was jonck en goet. doen ick hier quamin voogelen borch, sonder te paerenheb ick geleeft, wel twintich jarenwel hondert eijers tsjaers geleijtdaerom ben ick geconterfeijtgebroocken beennen, tooch wt geneesengesondt en bont is noch mijn weesenen als ick sijctghen steruen salsoo schrijft hoe out, en tjaer getal1647.anno vijftich dartich daeghenin october hoort men claeghensijctghen doot, dit is al waerout zijnde drijentwintich jaer1650.” -- source link