A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’
It must have been a great honour for Hondecoeter to receive commissions from the country’s ruler. He made this regal bird scene for Het Loo, the palace of William and Mary. It features a pelican in the foreground, a cassowary behind it at the left, a flamingo and a black crowned crane. Water birds congregate in and around a basin, and a feather floats on the water’s surface.
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A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’
It must have been a great honour for Hondecoeter to receive commissions from the country’s ruler. He made this regal bird scene for Het Loo, the palace of William and Mary. It features a pelican in the foreground, a cassowary behind it at the left, a flamingo and a black crowned crane. Water birds congregate in and around a basin, and a feather floats on the water’s surface.
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Het moet een grote eer zijn ge ...... het water drijft een veertje.
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It must have been a great hono ...... floats on the water’s surface.
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Rijksmuseum
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A Pelican and other Birds near a Pool, Known as ‘The Floating Feather’
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Een pelikaan en ander gevogelte bij een waterbassin, bekend als ‘Het drijvend veertje’
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c. 1680
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ca. 1680
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drager breedte 144 cm
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drager hoogte 159 cm
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height 159 cm
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width 144 cm
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Collectie: schilderijen
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Collection: paintings
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temporal
fourth quarter 17th century
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vierde kwart 17e eeuw
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