Various objects associated with the hunting and capturing of birds are depicted in these hunting still lifes: nets for catching partridges, a game bag for the spoils and a hunting horn, the latter of which was not employed when chasing birds, but larger game. One painting shows a male partridge on a stone table. The focal point of the other is a Frisian grouse. Partridges (‘perdrijsen’) were then associated with ‘ritsigheyt’ (lust). Such paintings were popular with hunters, but also displayed in rooms dedicated to art and cabinets of curiosities.
| Artist |
William Gowe Ferguson
RKD
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| Title | Still Life with Fowl |
| Date | ca. 1690 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-CN |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CN |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/3747/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015638 still lifes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
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Iconclass
22C8 shadow Iconclass 25F32(FINCH) song-birds: finch Iconclass 25F32(SWALLOW) song-birds: swallow Iconclass 25F38(PARTRIDGE) walker and runner birds: partridge Iconclass 25H1124 boulder, stone Iconclass 34B232 fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.) Iconclass 41C6 foodstuffs; still life of foodstuffs Iconclass 41E still life of miscellaneous objects Iconclass 41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass 34E3 animals tied up Iconclass 41A711(+2) table (+ stone) Iconclass 43C1113 bird hunting Iconclass 43C1148 hunting accoutrement Iconclass 43C11482 hunting horn Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 58) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 86-87 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
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