Still Life with a Hanging Partridge

Pieter Schenck I

Associated Names
Pieter Schenck I

Artist, Dutch, 1660 - 1718/1719

The image includes a large bird hanging upside down by a string at the top center, alongside a decorated pot near the bottom left, surrounded by fruits. The color palette is predominantly dark tones with highlights, creating a strong contrast and dramatic depth. The bird dominates the upper half while the pot is centrally placed in the lower section, with grapes cascading down its side and fruits like apples or peaches bundled around it. To the right, a cloth with intricate patterns drapes partially over the surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Katharine Shepard Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 24.6 x 18 cm (9 11/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 24.9 x 18.4 cm (9 13/16 x 7 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2000.78.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 476

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Emanuel von Baeyer, London); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

across lower center in plate: Prodiga rerum Luries, nunquam parvo contenta paratu.; lower left in plate: P. Schenck fec. et exc. Amsteloed.; lower right in plate: Lucan. 4 lib. / cum Privil. Ord. Holland; by later hand, lower right verso in graphite: Baeyer; by later hand, lower left verso in ink: No 26

Wikidata ID

Q75431065

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