The painting depicts a dead partridge hanging inside a marbled alcove. At the base of the picture are three birds: two finches and what is possibly a siskin (a type of small songbird). A hidden light source illuminates the poultry in a theatrical manner, and accentuates the fan-shaped wing of the partridge. This scene is viewed as a hunting still life, because the poultry represents the spoils of a hunt in the wild. The painting is executed on copper, which has greater longevity than wood or linen as a support, and also creates a glossy surface effect.
| Artist |
Jan Baptist Weenix
RKD
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| Title | Still Life with Fowl |
| Date | ca. 1650 |
| Period | 17th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1914-CO |
| Acquisition credit |
bequest
Scribe, Fernand Ghent 1913 |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1914-CO |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/649/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300015638 still lifes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
25F3
birds
Iconclass
25F38(PARTRIDGE) walker and runner birds: partridge Iconclass 25F39(WOODPECKER) other birds: woodpecker Iconclass 41E1 still life of related objects Iconclass 34E3 animals tied up Iconclass 300015638 still lifes AAT 43C1113 bird hunting Iconclass |
| School / Style | Baroque AAT |
| Museum van Schoone Kunsten : Catalogus ; Oude Meesters, Schilderstukken, teekeningen, plaatsneden (met geschiedkundig overzicht) / Maurice Dupuis, Georges Charles Nicolas Marie Hulin de Loo, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Drukkerij F. De Vos, 1938 ; Gent : Stad Gent, 1938 (p. 152) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 164-165 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Museum of Fine Arts Ghent : The Collection (exhibition opened on March 21th 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Ghent : Museum of Fine Arts Ghent, 2021 |
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