Gamepiece with a Dead Heron
by Jan Weenix
Title
Gamepiece with a Dead Heron
Artist
Jan Weenix
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Photograph - Oil On Canvas
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Gamepiece with a Dead Heron 1695 by Jan Weenix
Jan Weenix was the son of the Italianate landscape and genre painter Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–1660/61) and the nephew of Melchior d’Hondecoeter (whose Peacocks hangs nearby). This "hunting trophy" was probably intended for a town house, but it evokes life on a huge estate in another European country. The ends of a hunting horn emerge from beneath the heron’s wings. Two falcon hoods are tucked into the flora and fauna on the right, and to the lower left is a bird whistle made from leather bellows and a lobster claw.
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October 23rd, 2016
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