Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604 – 29 August 1653) was a Dutch landscape and

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painter. Hondecoeter belonged to a family of painters. His father was

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and his son was Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Hondecoeter primarily painted works of barnyard fowl. Some of his works can be found at the

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. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in

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in 1629.Gijsbert Gillisz d'Hondecoeter
in the

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After he died in 1653, his brother-in-law and artist Jan Baptist Weenix continued the training of his son Melchior.

Gallery

File:Gijsbert Gillisz. de Hondecoeter - Animals in the yard.jpg, ''Animals in the Yard'' (1632), oil on panel, 47.5 x 64 cm.,

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File:Watervogels Rijksmuseum SK-A-1322.jpeg, ''Waterfowl'' (1652), oil on panel, 57.6 x 102.2cm.,

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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.,

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References

1604 births 1653 deaths Dutch Golden Age painters Dutch male painters Artists from Utrecht (city) Painters from Utrecht (city) Dutch bird artists {{Netherlands-painter-stub