Gijsbert_d'Hondecoeter

Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter

Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter

Dutch landscape and animalier painter

Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter (1604 – 29 August 1653) was a Dutch landscape and animalier painter.[1]

Gijsbert Gillisz de Hondecoutre (1634) by Hendrick Bloemaert
Not to be confused with Gillis d'Hondecoeter or Melchior d'Hondecoeter.

Hondecoeter belonged to a family of painters. His father was Gillis d'Hondecoeter and his son was Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Hondecoeter primarily painted works of barnyard fowl. Some of his works can be found at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. He became a member of the Guild of St. Luke in Utrecht in 1629.[2] After he died in 1653, his brother-in-law and artist Jan Baptist Weenix continued the training of his son Melchior.



References

  1. [1]
    "Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter Dates/Family connection". Retrieved 2010-05-17.
  2. [2]
    Gijsbert Gillisz d'Hondecoeter in the RKD
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