Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Peacocks
1683190.2 x 134.6 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated center right: MDHondecoeter. / AN (AN in monogram) 1683
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Gift of Samuel H. Kress, 1927
Provenance
?Cornelis Sebille Roos, Amsterdam, until 1820
his sale, Amsterdam, 28 August 1820, nr. 47, to C.F. Roos
?with Cornelis François Roos, Amsterdam, from 1820
with H.M. Clark, London, until 1926, sold to Colnaghi
with Colnaghi, London, 1926, sold to Contini-Bonacossi
conte Alessandro Contini-Bonacossi, Rome, 1926–27, sold to Kress
Samuel H. Kress, New York, 1927
Other works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Birds by a balustrade with Amsterdam Town Hall in the background
1670
1670
A rooster defending a hen against a falcon
c. 1680-90
c. 1680-90
Dead birds and hunting gear
1660-95
1660-95
The bird concert
c. 1675-80
c. 1675-80
Poultry yard
c. 1660-65
c. 1660-65