Code: 10115
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An accomplished oil on canvas depicting peacock, cockerels and hens within a classical landscape setting, painted in the manner of Melchior d’Hondecoeter. The arrangement of birds, combined with architectural ruins and a softly receding sky, reflects the ever popular influence of Hondecoeter’s celebrated 18th century compositions.
The work displays confident, textured brushwork, particularly in the handling of plumage, where layered tones bring vitality and movement to the scene.
Retaining its original canvas and presented unframed, the painting shows age-related craquelure and minor surface wear.
Indistinct signature to bottom left.
A striking and decorative example of the Hondecoeter tradition, well suited to a country house interior, library, dining room or overmantel
