Gamepiece with a Dead Heron ('Falconer's Bag'), 1695, Oil on canvas, 52 3/4 x 43 3/4 in. (134 x 111.1 cm), Paintings, Jan Weenix (Dutch, Amsterdam ca. 1641?–1719 Amsterdam), Jan Weenix was the son of the Italianate landscape and genre painter Jan Baptist Weenix (1621–1660/61) and the nephew of Melchior d’Hondecoeter (whose Peacocks hangs nearby). This 'hunting trophy' was probably intended for a town house, but it evokes life on a huge estate in another European country
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Gamepiece, Dead Heron, Falconer, Bag, 1695, Oil, canvas, 52 3/4 x 43 3/4, 134 111.1 cm, Paintings, Jan Weenix, Dutch, Amsterdam ca., 1641?–1719, Amsterdam, son, Italianate landscape, genre painter, Jan, Baptist, Weenix, 1621–1660, 61, nephew, Melchior d’Hondecoeter, Peacocks hangs, hunting trophy, intended, town house, evokes life, huge estate, another European, country
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