id:			153368
accession number:	1986.59
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.59
updated:		2022-10-29 15:40:58.092000

A Rooster and Turkey Fighting, c. 1680. Melchior de Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695). Oil on canvas; framed: 164.5 x 193 x 10 cm (64 3/4 x 76 x 3 15/16 in.); unframed: 137.2 x 166.4 cm (54 x 65 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1986.59

title:				A Rooster and Turkey Fighting
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creation date:			c. 1680
creation date earliest:		1675
creation date latest:		1685
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Netherlands, 17th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	P - Netherlandish-Dutch
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* Melchior de Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695)  - artist

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measurements: Framed: 164.5 x 193 x 10 cm (64 3/4 x 76 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 137.2 x 166.4 cm (54 x 65 1/2 in.)
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	inscription:	signed upper center:  M C Hondecoeter
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Year in Review for 1986, The Cleveland Museum of Art, (Bulletin, Feb. 1987, p. 62, cat. no. 38, color illus.)

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PROVENANCE

	Charles Fairfax Murray, London (Paris sale 1914).
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	Frances Roche (New York sale 1948).
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	(Harari & Johns, London, and Newhouse Gallery, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.
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wall description: 
One of the most fashionable artists of his time, Hondecoeter specialized in paintings of domestic and exotic birds, and other animals. Here the composition is enlivened by the swirl and excitement of the fighting rooster and turkey, set in 
a garden with classical architecture. A large picture like this must have been placed high over a fireplace in a rich Amsterdam house.

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