A Rooster and Turkey Fighting

The Cleveland Museum of Art · John L. Severance Fund

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A Rooster and Turkey Fighting

c. 1680

ArtistMelchior de Hondecoeter (Dutch, 1636–1695)

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Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 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.)
Classification: Painting
Style: P - Netherlandish-Dutch
Origin: Netherlands
Institution: The Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit: John L. Severance Fund

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Provenance

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Provenance event

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (Paris sale 1914).

Provenance event

Frances Roche (New York sale 1948).

Provenance event

(Harari & Johns, London, and Newhouse Gallery, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.

Source provenance text

Charles Fairfax Murray, London (Paris sale 1914). Frances Roche (New York sale 1948). (Harari & Johns, London, and Newhouse Gallery, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.

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Exhibitions

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Year in Review for 1986

Source exhibition text

Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987). Year in Review for 1986, The Cleveland Museum of Art, (Bulletin, Feb. 1987, p. 62, cat. no. 38, color illus.)

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Sourced Overview Evidence

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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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 3 structured provenance events · 1 structured exhibitions.

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