A Park with a Swan and Other Birds

Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales

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This is one of six canvases by the Antwerp painter Melchior de Hondecoeter which hung in the London home of Emily Charlotte, a daughter of C. R. M. Talbot (1803–1890), of Margam Abbey and Penrice Castle. It depicts a country house park with fowl before a fountain and an ornamental terrace with statues and figures. In addition to native European birds, including a bittern, shelduck and mallards, exotic fowl include a peacock, a wild turkey from North America and a crown crane from Africa.
Title

A Park with a Swan and Other Birds

Date

late 17th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 215.9 x W 203.8 cm

Accession number

NMW A 2032

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Emily Talbot, 1919

Work type

Painting

National Museum Cardiff

Cathays Park, Cardiff (Caerdydd) CF10 3NP Wales

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