Melchior de Hondecoeter

Dutch · 1636–1695

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects,… (Wikipedia)

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Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscapes. Hondecoeter's paintings featured geese, fieldfares, partridges, pigeons, ducks, northern cardinal, magpies and peacocks, but also African grey crowned cranes, Asian sarus cranes, Indonesian yellow-crested cockatoos, an Indonesian purple-naped lory and grey-headed lovebirds from Madagascar.

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Born 1636Died 1695Wikidata Q304411 ↗ULAN 500026698 ↗Museum works 13

Also known as Melchior d' Hondecoeter, Melchior d' Hondekoote, Melchior De Hondecoeter, Melchior de Hondecooter, Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Melchior Hondecoeter, Milchior Hondekoeter