Melchior de Hondecoeter, 1681 - Peafowl, male and female - fine art print

"Peafowl, male and female" as your art replica

The classic art painting with the title "Peafowl, male and female" was created by the Dutch artist Melchior de Hondecoeter. The original measures the dimensions: Height: 113 cm, Width: 134 cm and was manufactured with the medium Oil, Canvas (material). The original artwork is inscribed with the information: Date and signature - Bottom middle: "M D Hondecoeter A 1681". Nowadays, the artpiece belongs to the digital collection of Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris. The classic art artwork, which belongs to the public domain is included with courtesy of Petit Palais Paris.The creditline of the artpiece is: . In addition to this, the alignment is landscape with a ratio of 1.2 : 1, which implies that the length is 20% longer than the width.

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• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with an impressive depth effect - for a modern impression and a non-reflective surface. The bright and white parts of the original work of art shine with a silk gloss, however without any glare. Colors are bright and vivid, fine details of the print appear clear and crisp. This print on Aluminum Dibond is one of the most demanded entry-level products and is a contemporary way to display art prints, as it puts 100% of the viewer’s focus on the replica of the artwork.
• Poster (canvas material): The poster print is a printed flat canvas with a slightly roughened surface texture. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin 2-6 cm around the work of art in order to facilitate the framing.
• Canvas print: The UV printed canvas material stretched on a wood frame. Canvas Prints have the advantage of being relatively low in weight, meaning that it is easy to hang up the Canvas print without extra wall-mounts. Because of thata canvas print is suitable for all kinds of walls.
• Printed acrylic glass: An acrylic glass print, often denoted as a an art print on plexiglass, will turn the original work of art into marvellous home décor and makes a viable alternative to canvas and dibond prints. The work of art is being custom-made with state-of-the-art UV direct print technology.

Important information: We try our utmost to describe the products as accurately as possible and to exhibit them visually. Although, the colors of the printed materials and the print result can differ slightly from the representation on the monitor. Depending on the screen settings and the quality of the surface, color pigments may not be printed 100% realistically. In view of the fact that all art reproductions are printed and processed manually, there may also be minor variations in the exact position and the size of the motif.

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On a white marble ledge, a "Pavo cristatus" ( "peacock blue) Braille. Beside him, his mate is lying and behind them, a pigeon, a chimney swallow and a goldfinch are vol.Melchior of Hondecoeter quickly became a specialist in animal painting, especially the kind of "Vogelschilder "the representation of birds. It always involves its volatile dense compositions, where a figure domine.Il These are the peacock, which is a favorite of Hondecoeter reasons, because it has a plumage that was the admiration of all and exudes a certain pride, able to flatter the taste sponsors more or less prestigious painter.

The painting was part of the collection of Count Jeskets and Bloesch (?) In Vienna. Then he sat in the merchant's store F. Kleinberger art, who sold it to Charles Vincent Ocampo November 19, 1904, the price of 6 000frs.En 1931 C.-V. Ocampo donated, subject to usufruct, to the City of Paris, and raised the usufruct in 1942.

Animal Representation, Peacock, Pheasant, Swallow, Bird, Pink, Sunflower