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,…
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Niche with Falconry Gear

painter Christoffel Pierson (Dutch, 1631 - 1714)

probably 1660s

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 80.5 x 64.5 cm (31 11/16 x 25 3/8 in.) ; framed: 94 x 77.8 x 4.5 cm (37 x 30 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)
Culture
Dutch
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CNE-B
Credit line
Patrons' Permanent Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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