Oil on canvas, 98cm x 135cm.
From early in his career the Dutch artist Melchior d’Hondecoeter specialised in painting birds.
These were usually, though not exclusively, either exotic or game birds and often depicted in a parkland setting.
He influenced, or was followed by, several other artists.
The painting is after the original in the collection of Lord Burton. It came to Burghley via inheritance.
