Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/De menagerie

De menagerie

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Original – De Menagerie, a 1690 oil on paper painting by Melchior d'Hondecoeter. The artist is known for his paintings of birds, including exotic ones from the Indies (as here).

Reason

High resolution, representative of the artist's oeuvre

Articles in which this image appears

Melchior d'Hondecoeter, +1

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Melchior d'Hondecoeter

• Support as nominator –  — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:18, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support a flashy depiction of exotic animals, very fashionable those times. Hafspajen (talk) 02:54, 4 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:46, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support Very Classic & Good Painting National Names 2000 (talk) 01:02, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Very nice image. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:24, 9 January 2015 (UTC)
• Support - Bryant2000 (talk) 03:36, 10 January 2015 (UTC)Bryant2000
• Support - Very nice.--Jobas (talk) 15:59, 10 January 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:De menagerie, Melchior d' Hondecoeter, ca. 1690 - Rijksmuseum.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 01:20, 14 January 2015 (UTC)