Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Dead Birds and Hunting Equipment in a Niche
c. 163356 x 46 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right: M.d.hondecoeter
Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Provenance
Count Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770), Stockholm, by 1739
King Frederick I of Sweden, purchased from Tessin in 1749 on behalf of Louisa Ulrika, future Queen of Sweden
Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden (1720-1782), Drottningholm Palace
from whom purchased by the State of Sweden in 1777
Royal Museum, Stockholm, by 1795
1
Other works by Melchior d' Hondecoeter
Still life with game birds
c. 1665-75
c. 1665-75
A Cock, Hens and Chicks
An eagle, swallow, snipe and finch in flight
Birds in a Park
c. 1670/80
c. 1670/80
A study of a helmetshrike on a branch