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Melchior d'Hondecoeter: Ducks, hens and other fowl in a yard  wikidata:Q112242165 reasonator:Q112242165
Artist
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)
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q304411
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Ducks, hens and other fowl in a yard
label QS:Len,"Ducks, hens and other fowl in a yard"
label QS:Lde,"Enten, Hennen und anderes Geflügel in einem Hof"
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: Ducks, hens and other fowl in a yard
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 100.3 cm (39.4 in); width: 78.2 cm (30.7 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,100.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,78.2U174728
Object history
  • Charles Scarisbrick Esq., Scarisbrick Hall and Weightington Hall, Lancashire; (+) Christie's, London, 11 May 1861, lot 42 (101 gns. to Bale).
  • Colonel C.E. Coghill, Fern Hill, Market Dratyon; Christie's, London, 13 April 1923, lot 45 (410 gns.).
  • Colonel M.A.W. Swinfen Broun, Swinfen Hall, Lichfield; (+) Christie's, London, 10 December 1948, lot 98 (75 gns. to Wengraf).
Inscriptions

Signature center left:

M. D. Hondecoeter
on the fence
Source/Photographer http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/melchior-dhondecoeter-ducks-hens-and-other-fowl-5403362-details.aspx

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