Stilleven met gevogelte

About this artwork

verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2760

Art Historical Context

This delicate still-life drawing, *Stilleven met gevogelte* (Still Life with Poultry), was created by the Dutch artist Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak sometime between 1740 and 1774. Rendered on paper measuring just 229 by 175 millimeters, the work exemplifies the intimate scale often favored for works on paper during the eighteenth century. Though little is documented about Wakkerdak himself, the subject—a carefully arranged composition of game birds—reflects the enduring popularity of still-life subjects in Dutch art, where such images served both as celebrations of nature’s abundance and quiet med...

About the Artist

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak · 1729–1774

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak (1729–1774) was a Dutch printmaker, painter, draughtsman, publisher, and poet whose brief but productive career exemplified the versatility expected of 18th-century Dutch artists. Born on June 14, 1729, in Rotterdam and dying on November 28, 1774, in Delft at just forty-five years old, Wakkerdak worked across multiple media including mezzotint (black art), oil painting, en...