The Menagerie | Melchior d'Hondecoeter | 1690 16th Century is a somber and evocative

is a somber and evocative work

dressed in sombre attire

John Atkinson Grimshaw was an English Victorian-era artist best known for his nocturnal scenes of urban landscapes

circa 1880

fantastical landscape

The Menagerie | Melchior d'Hondecoeter | 1690 16th Century is a somber and evocativePresented here are two squirrel monkeys from Central America, two white sulphur crested cockatoos from Australia, a grey parrot from Africa and a purple naped lory on a chain at the lower left from Indonesia. Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Dutch animalier painter, was born in Utrecht and died in Amsterdam. After the start of his career, he painted virtually exclusively bird subjects, usually exotic or game, in park like landscapes. Print: A premium quality