A Rooster and Turkey Fighting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
unframed: 137.2 × 166.4 cm · framed: 164.5 × 193 × 10 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1986.59
Tags
male
About this artwork
One of the most fashionable artists of his time, Hondecoeter specialized in paintings of domestic and exotic birds, and other animals. Here the composition is enlivened by the swirl and excitement of the fighting rooster and turkey, set in a garden with classical architecture. A large picture like this must have been placed high over a fireplace in a rich Amsterdam house.