The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
A Rooster and Turkey Fighting
c. 1680
(Dutch, 1636–1695)
Framed: 164.5 x 193 x 10 cm (64 3/4 x 76 x 3 15/16 in.); Unframed: 137.2 x 166.4 cm (54 x 65 1/2 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1986.59
Location: 001A ArtLens Exhibition
Description
One of the most fashionable artists of his time, Hondecoeter specialized in paintings of domestic and exotic birds, and other animals. Here the composition is enlivened by the swirl and excitement of the fighting rooster and turkey, set in a garden with classical architecture. A large picture like this must have been placed high over a fireplace in a rich Amsterdam house.- Charles Fairfax Murray, London (Paris sale 1914).Frances Roche (New York sale 1948).(Harari & Johns, London, and Newhouse Gallery, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1986.
- Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74, no. 2 (February 1987): 38–79. Reproduced: p. 49; Mentioned: p. 62, no. 38 www.jstor.org
- Year in Review for 1986. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).Year in Review for 1986, The Cleveland Museum of Art, (Bulletin, Feb. 1987, p. 62, cat. no. 38, color illus.)
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.59