1658
oil
canvas
From the collection of South African National Gallery
Poultry-yard with angered cock is a 1658 oil by Melchior d' Hondecoeter, a Dutch Golden Age work, depicting Poultry, held at South African National Gallery.
This painting shows a rooster standing on top of a white hen, with its feathers ruffled and beak open. The rooster is mostly brown with some black and white feathers, and its tail feathers are long and curved. The hen is white with a red comb on its head. In the background, there is a wall on the right side and a blue sky with some hills in the distance. The painting is done in oil paint and has a lot of texture, especially on the rooster's feathers. The artist, Melchior d' Hondecoeter, used chiaroscuro to create strong contrasts between light and dark. To learn more about chiaroscuro, look it up next.
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Dutch pronunciation: ; c. 1636 – 3 April 1695), Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects,…
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