Still Life with Dead Rabbit and Birds, Jan Weenix
Jan Weenix
Still Life with Dead Rabbit and Birds
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Jan Weenix

Still Life with Dead Rabbit and Birds, 1681


Keilrahmen
123.5 x 110.4 cm
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Inventory Number
863
Acquisition
Acquired in 1833
Status
On display, 2nd upper level, Old Masters, room 8

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About the Work

Since the Middle Ages, hunting had been the preserve of the aristocracy. Hunting still lifes depicting the kill were a reminder of this privilege and gave their owners a sense of participating in the aristocratic lifestyle, whether they themselves were of noble or only affluent middle-class birth. Paintings like this large-scale still life by Jan Weenix were accordingly popular in the second half of the seventeenth century, not least of all among newly wealthy Dutch merchants, trade magnates and large-scale investors.

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Title
Still Life with Dead Rabbit and Birds
Painter
Period Produced
School
Object Type
Physical Description
Oil on canvas
Material
Technique
Label at the Time of Manufacture
Signiert und datiert links unten: J. Weenix. f 1687

Property and Acquisition

Institution
Departement
Collection
Creditline
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Picture Copyright
Public Domain
Acquisition
Acquired in 1833

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Iconclass

Primary
  • 43C11311 hunting trophies
  • 25F26(HARE)(+63) rodents: hare (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
  • 25F3(+63) birds (+ dying animal; death of animal; dead animal)
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13.03.2024