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1680s · Rijksmuseum

The Floating Feather

Melchior d'HondecoeterWikidata

painting by Melchior d'Hondecoeter

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Still life feather waterhole pelican Muscovy Duck Red-breasted Goose Mareca Casuarius Grey Crowned Crane Grus antigone Greater Flamingo Common Shelduck

Date: 1680s (known to the decade)Wikidata
Medium: Oil paint on canvasWikidata
Dimensions: 159 × 144 cmWikidata
Collection: Rijksmuseum, AmsterdamWikidata
Genre: still lifeWikidata
Materials: canvas, oil paintWikidata
Inventory no.: SK-A-175Wikidata
Exhibitions: Dutch masters from the Hermitage
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Where it has been

January 1, 1799 –
Rijksmuseum
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? – 1808
National Art Gallery of the Netherlands
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Wikimedia CommonsMelchior d'Hondecoeter - Een pelikaan en ander gevogelte bij een waterbassin, bekend als 'Het drijvend veertje' - Google Art Project.jpg
inventory numberSK-A-175
WikidataQ1219357
Fame rank#2599 (6 Wikipedia articles)