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Still Life with Fowl, ca. 1650

  • oil paint, copper
  • 56.7 x 39.2 cm
  • Inv. 1914-CO

Public Domain

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The painting depicts a dead partridge hanging inside a marbled alcove. At the base of the picture are three birds: two finches and what is possibly a siskin (a type of small songbird). A hidden light source illuminates the poultry in a theatrical manner, and accentuates the fan-shaped wing of the partridge. This scene is viewed as a hunting still life, because the poultry represents the spoils of a hunt in the wild. The painting is executed on copper, which has greater longevity than wood or linen as a support, and also creates a glossy surface effect.

Artist

Jan Baptist Weenix RKD
Amsterdam 1621 - Haarzuilens 1659
painters (artists)AAT

Title Still Life with Fowl
Date ca. 1650
Period 17th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signatures (names) bottom right
Collection paintings AAT
Object type oil paintings (visual works) AAT
Inventory number 1914-CO
Acquisition credit bequest
Scribe, Fernand
Ghent
1913
Current whereabouts Work currently not on display
Permalink https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CO
IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/649/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300015638 still lifes AAT
Keywords Iconclass 25F3 birds Iconclass
25F38(PARTRIDGE) walker and runner birds: partridge Iconclass
25F39(WOODPECKER) other birds: woodpecker Iconclass
41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass
34E3 animals tied up Iconclass
300015638 still lifes AAT
43C1113 bird hunting 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. 152)
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. 164-165 (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
Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021
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