French Baroque Era Painter, 1606-1656   Related Paintings of LA HIRE, Laurent de :. | Astronomy sg | Abraham Sacrificing Isaac g | Cornelia Refusses the Crown of the Ptolomai sg | The Militia Company of Captain Allaert Cloeck | Laban Searching Jacob's Bagagge for the Stolen Idols sg |
Related Artists:
Herbert menzies marshall,r.w.s
1841-1913
Giovanni Battista Spinelli
( fl from c. 1630; dc. 1660). Italian painter and draughtsman
HONDECOETER, Melchior d
Dutch Baroque Era Painter, 1636-1695 Dutch animal painter. His grandfather, Gillis d'Hondecoeter (d. 1638) and his father, Gysbert d'Hondecoeter (1604?C1653), were landscape and animal painters. After four years at The Hague, where he painted The Menagerie of William III at Loo, Melchior settled in Amsterdam. He painted all forms of animal life, but is best known for his depiction of birds and fowl, in which he has few equals. Representative works, executed in a smooth, precise style, include the Dead Cock