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Melchior de Hondecoeter was a Dutch painter who specialised in animals, particularly birds. Raised in a family of painters, he continued his training with Jan Baptist Weenix and settled in Amsterdam in 1663. His compositions arrange animals prominently in the foreground, before a landscape, tree or architectural feature.
Geese and Ducks in the Mauritshuis brings birds together beneath a stormy sky. This painting and its companion belonged to the Orange-Nassau collections, demonstrating the decorative role of animal painting in aristocratic residences. Hondecoeter also painted dead game. In A Hare, preserved in Caen, the suspended animal occupies the centre of the composition. The delicacy of the brushwork and colour contrasts with the violence of the subject, directing renewed attention towards the animal’s body and its presentation.
This profile brings together identity references for Melchior d'Hondecoeter and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
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Oil on canvas
Nature morte aux oiseaux
huile sur toile
Catalogue period : 2022-09-07 — 2022-09-21
Published result : 3300 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Nachfolger Hahn, Henne und Küken
Öl auf Leinwand
Catalogue period : 2018-03-23
Published result : 1600 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 1500–2500
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Oil on canvas
Catalogue description — original language
Melchior de Hondecoeter (1636-1695), d'après, Paysage avec volaille , XXème, huile sur toile, 93x112 cm Provenance: Acquis il y a plus de 30 ans
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12 — 2024-09-23
After
Published result : 600 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 1200–1800
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Oil on canvas
Kopie d.19.Jhs
Öl auf Leinwand
Attribution ou qualification signalée dans le catalogue
Catalogue period : 2024-03-14
Attribution recorded in catalogue
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 400–700
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Oil on canvas
Suiveur de Melchior de Hondecoeter — Scène de basse-cour
huile sur toile
suiveur de
Catalogue period : 2021-06-09
Follower of
Published result : 7000 CHF
Fees not specified in the available data
Estimate : CHF 8000–12000
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