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Gillis d'Hondecoeter

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Gillis, his son Gijsbert, working in Utrecht and both his grandchildren specialized in fowl and birds, using probably a small gallow, as was mentioned in the inventory of his grandson Melchior de Hondecoeter. Gillis painted
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In 1622 his wife died. Six years later he married the young and (probably) beautiful Anna Spierinx, who first had refused his son Gijsbert, according to
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style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds. Later on d'Hondecoeter painted in a more Dutch, realistic style. Gillis was the father of
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in 1615, where another three children were baptized. His brother was a surgeon in that city.
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De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen
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Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter
Melchior d'Hondecoeter

Rockox House

painter
Flemish
Gijsbert d'Hondecoeter
Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Jan Weenix
Jan Baptist Weenix
Antwerp
Delft
Delft
Utrecht
Amsterdam
Arnold Houbraken
Singel
Amsterdam
Flemish
Roelant Savery
David Vinckboons
Hondecoeter, Gillis Claesz. de
RKD
Melchior de Hondekoeter biography
Arnold Houbraken
Digital library for Dutch literature

Gillis d'Hondecoeter
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