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1635-1695 Dutch Melchior de Hondecoeter Gallery Melchior d'Hondecoeter (c. 1636 ?C April 3, 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born at Utrecht, and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in a park-like landscapes. Being the grandson of Gillis d'Hondecoeter and son of Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter, as well as nephew of Jan Baptist Weenix, he was brought up by the last to the profession of painting, when his father died. Of Weenix we know that he married Gilles daughter Josina in 1638. Melchior was, therefore, also related to Jan Weenix. The latter told Arnold Houbraken, in his youth Melchior was extremely religious, praying very loud, so his mother and uncle doubted if they would have him trained as a painter. In 1659 he was working in the Hague and became a member of the painters' academy at the Hague. In 1663 Hondecoeter married Susanne Tradel in Amsterdam. While she was captious and having her sisters living in their house, Hondecoeter spent much time in his garden or drinking in the tavern in the Jordaan. On the Lauriergracht, where he used to live, he was surrounded by art dealers and various painters. Later he moved to a house on Prinsengracht. In 1686 he bought a small countryhouse in Vreeland. Hondecoeter died in the house of his daughter Isabel in Warmoesstraat but was buried in Westerkerk near his house. His inventory lists a small gallow, to keep birds in the right position, and several paintings of Frans Snyders. Melchior began his career with a different speciality from that by which he is usually known. Mr de Stuers affirms that he produced sea-pieces. One of his earliest works is a "Tub with Fish," dated 1655, in the gallery of Brunswick. But Melchior soon abandoned fish for fowl. He acquired celebrity as a painter of birds only, which he represented not exclusively, like Johannes Fyt, as the gamekeeper's perquisite after a day's shooting, or stock of a poulterer's shop, but as living beings with passions, joys, fears and quarrels, to which naturalists will tell us that birds are subject. Without the brilliant tone and high finish of Fyt, his Dutch rival's birds are full of action; and, as Burger truly says, "Hondecoeter displays the maternity of the hen with as much tenderness and feeling as Raphael the maternity of Madonnas."

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Melchior de Hondecoeter Birds in a Park oil painting artist


Melchior de Hondecoeter Birds in a Park oil painting artist

Birds in a Park
Painting ID::  2443
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1686 The Hermitage, St.Petersburg

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Melchior de Hondecoeter Birds and a Spaniel in a Garden (mk25) oil painting artist


Melchior de Hondecoeter Birds and a Spaniel in a Garden (mk25) oil painting artist

Birds and a Spaniel in a Garden (mk25)
Painting ID::  24210
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c 1680

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Melchior de Hondecoeter A Cock, Hens and Chicks oil painting artist


Melchior de Hondecoeter A Cock, Hens and Chicks oil painting artist

A Cock, Hens and Chicks
Painting ID::  31334
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Melchior de Hondecoeter The Menagerie oil painting artist


Melchior de Hondecoeter The Menagerie oil painting artist

The Menagerie
Painting ID::  70657
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Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions Expression error: Missing operand for *135 ?? 116.5 cm

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Melchior de Hondecoeter Das Vogelkonzert oil painting artist


Melchior de Hondecoeter Das Vogelkonzert oil painting artist

Das Vogelkonzert
Painting ID::  75158
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Date 1670 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 84 x 99 cyf

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