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Description: | Exotic and local birds are carefully positioned in a landscape with a repoussoir tree (right) and a villa in the distance (left). In the centre a peacock stands on a Corinthian capital lying on the ground, two parrots sit in the tree, and a cockatoo occupies the lower left. The latter's white plumage intensifies the blue and green of the peacock and the red, yellow and blue of the parrots. Less dazzling birds are arranged around them. The classical remains, popularised by earlier painters such as De Lairesse, give the painting a vaguely Italian character. The composition also recalls the paintings of Melchior Hondecoeter. | Subjects: | landscape | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Bogdany, Jakob (Hungarian painter, ca.1660-1724) Æ Attributed to circle of Previously attributed to circle of Casteels, Pieter (Flemish painter, 1684-1749) Previously attributed to Barlow, Francis (English painter and etcher, ca. 1626-1704) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8562... | Go to resource |
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