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Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604 – 29 August 1653) was a Gijsbert Gillisz d'Hondecoeter
in the
File:Gijsbert Gillisz. de Hondecoeter - Animals in the yard.jpg, ''Animals in the Yard'' (1632), oil on panel, 47.5 x 64 cm.,
Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604 – 29 August 1653) was a Dutch
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landscape and animalier
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painter.
Hondecoeter belonged to a family of painters. His father was Gillis d'Hondecoeter
Gillis Claesz. de Hondecoeter or d'Hondecoeter (c. 1575-1580 – buried 17 October 1638) was a Dutch painter, working in a Flemish style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds. Later on d'Hondecoeter painted in a more Dutch, realist ...
and his son was Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Melchior d'Hondecoeter (; 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, usually exotic or game, in park-like landscap ...
. Hondecoeter primarily painted works of barnyard fowl. Some of his works can be found at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
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. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Utrecht
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in 1629.in the
RKD
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After he died in 1653, his brother-in-law and artist Jan Baptist Weenix
Jan Baptist Weenix, also spelled Jan Baptiste Weeninx (1621–c. 1659) was a painter of the Dutch Golden Age. Despite his relatively brief career, he was a very productive and versatile painter. His favourite subjects were Italian land ...
continued the training of his son Melchior.
Gallery
National Museum, Kraków
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File:Watervogels Rijksmuseum SK-A-1322.jpeg, ''Waterfowl'' (1652), oil on panel, 57.6 x 102.2cm., Rijksmuseum
File:Gijsbert Gillisz d' Hondecoeter - Cock and Hens in a Landscape - 405 - Mauritshuis.jpg, ''Cock and Hens in a Landscape'' (ca. 1619–53), 52 x 70 cm., Mauritshuis
References
1604 births 1653 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Utrecht Painters from Utrecht Dutch bird artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub