Niche with Falconry Gear

Niederländische Malerei 1660–1672, probabilmente anni Sessanta del Seicento

A cage, net, hunting horn, powder bag, pouch, two whistles, a bow and arrow, and a small, round hood for a bird are arranged in and around an arched niche set into a cream-white wall in this vertical still life painting. The objects are lit from our upper left so soft, slate-gray and powder-blue shadows are cast across the walls. The niche is framed with a wood border. Centered in the niche, the wooden cage has an arched top and closely spaced bars. The hood sitting atop the cage is a scarlet-red cap that would fit onto the head of a falcon. It is topped with a red pompom on a short stick, like an antenna. A sheathed knife with a bone-white handle and a long, curving, hunting horn lean against the front of the cage. The horn lightens from black where one would blow into the horn to a shimmering sage green at the wide end, which rests against the cage. A bow and arrow lie across the floor of the niche, under the cage, and a tangle of netting is tied to the horn, near the foot of the cage to our left. A pine-green whistle is affixed to or looped through the top of the cage, under the falcon’s hood, and hangs down past the ledge. A powder horn and bag hang on a canary-yellow cord looped over a nail driven into the wall over the alcove, to our left, and a pouch with a tassel hangs from a nail to our right.
Artista
Niederländische Malerei 1660–1672
Datazione
probabilmente anni Sessanta del Seicento
Tipologia
Dipinto
Tecnica
Olio su tela
Dimensioni
80,5 × 64,5 cm
Collezione
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licenza
Pubblico dominio, CC0

Descrizione dell’immagine

A cage, net, hunting horn, powder bag, pouch, two whistles, a bow and arrow, and a small, round hood for a bird are arranged in and around an arched niche set into a cream-white wall in this vertical still life painting. The objects are lit from our upper left so soft, slate-gray and powder-blue shadows are cast across the walls. The niche is framed with a wood border. Centered in the niche, the wooden cage has an arched top and closely spaced bars. The hood sitting atop the cage is a scarlet-red cap that would fit onto the head of a falcon. It is topped with a red pompom on a short stick, like an antenna. A sheathed knife with a bone-white handle and a long, curving, hunting horn lean against the front of the cage. The horn lightens from black where one would blow into the horn to a shimmering sage green at the wide end, which rests against the cage. A bow and arrow lie across the floor of the niche, under the cage, and a tangle of netting is tied to the horn, near the foot of the cage to our left. A pine-green whistle is affixed to or looped through the top of the cage, under the falcon’s hood, and hangs down past the ledge. A powder horn and bag hang on a canary-yellow cord looped over a nail driven into the wall over the alcove, to our left, and a pouch with a tassel hangs from a nail to our right.

Niederländische Malerei 1660–1672