File:Birds on the bank of a river.jpg

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter  (1636–1695)  wikidata:Q304411
 
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Alternative names
de Hondecoeter, d'Hondecoutre, de Hondecoutre,
d'Hondekoeter, de Hondekoeter, d'Hondekoote, d'Hondekooten
Description Dutch painter, drawer, printmaker and ornamental painter
Date of birth/death 1636 Edit this at Wikidata 3 April 1695 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Utrecht Amsterdam
Work period 1654–1695
Work location
Utrecht, The Hague (1658–1663), Amsterdam (1663–1695)
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artist QS:P170,Q304411
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: A shoveler, a Muscovy duck, a mallard, pochards and other waterfowl with ducklings on the banks of a river, with a pigeon and a bird of prey in the air
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 111.5 cm (43.8 in); width: 142.3 cm (56 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,111.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,142.3U174728
Object history

Anononymous sale, Burnsall's, London, 1758, (11 guineas to the following) John Warde (1721-1775), Squerries Court, Westerham, Kent, as recorded in his 'Catalogue of Pictures of my own Collecting', Squerries Ms, no. 26 as 'Water Fowl by Hondicoeter', and by descent.

3 July 2012: purchased by Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, at the sale of the collection of Private collection
institution QS:P195,Q768717
, at Christie's, London, lot no. 59 (as Melchior d'Hondecoeter)
References F. Russell, 'John Warde', Country Life, 4 June 1987, p. 218.
Source/Photographer http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/melchior-dhondecoeter-a-shoveler-a-muscovy-duck-5584837-details.aspx
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