Melchior d' Hondecoeter
(1636-1695)
Vogelpark,
1671/80
Material / Technology / Carrier
Leinwand
Dimensions of the object
338 x 524,5 cm
Displayed
AP OG Saal IX
Acquisition
1799 aus der Galerie Zweibrücken
Stock
Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München
Citation
Melchior d' Hondecoeter, Vogelpark, 1671/80, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/ApL8gj7xN2 (Last updated on 24.08.2023)
Together with the three related paintings (see inv. no. 1710, 1717, and 1727), this monumental work was originally part of the wall decoration of a room in Driemond House, the feudal country seat of the confectioner and art collector Adolf Visscher of Amsterdam. A panoramic landscape opens up, extending over thirteen metres across the four canvases that is filled with numerous native and exotic birds, in the centre of which Visscher’s three children can be seen.
