1857
oil
panel
From the collection of Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp
The King of the Poultry Yard is a 1857 oil by Charles Verlat, a Realism work, depicting Chicken, held at Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
This painting shows a rooster with white and black feathers, standing in the center. It has a long tail and a red comb on its head. The rooster is looking to the right, and its wings are folded. There are other chickens around it, some standing and some lying down. They are all on a brown floor that looks like straw. The rooster is the biggest and most colorful chicken in the picture. It seems to be the leader of the group. The other chickens are smaller and less colorful. They are all looking at the rooster or walking around it. The painting is very detailed and realistic. You can see every feather on the rooster's body. The colors are also very vivid, especially the red of the rooster's comb. If you want to learn more about the artist who painted this, look up Charles Verlat.
Charles Verlat or Karel Verlat (25 November 1824 – 23 October 1890) was a Belgian painter, watercolorist, engraver (printmaker), art educator and director of the Antwerp Academy.
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