Poultry

Govert Dircksz Camphuysen

York Art Gallery

1623 - 1672

In this painting, four hens are depicted before a hut. One hen, in the foreground, is laying an egg. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 104.1 x 132cm
• ArtFunded in: 1955
• Presented by F D Lycett Green through The Art Fund

Provenance

F.D. Lycett Green.

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