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Oriental Birds

Adriaen Coorte (c.1660–after 1707)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oriental Birds

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Little is known about Coorte although from the record of a fine imposed on him in Middelburg in 1695/6 and from the number of his works in Middelburg collections, it seems likely that he was based in Middelburg. His speciality was small still-life paintings of fruit, vegetables, nuts and shells but he seems to have begun his career as a bird painter. This is his earliest known dated painting. The details are closely based on bird paintings by Melchior de Hondecoeter.

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Title

Oriental Birds

Date

1683

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 39 x W 48 cm

Accession number

WA1951.51.7

Acquisition method

The Reginald Jones Bequest, 1951

Work type

Painting

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Adriaen Coorte

c.1660–after 1707

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