# Two Peacocks Threatening a Hen with Chicks, Known as ‘The Threatened Hen’

- By: Melchior d'Hondecoeter (Utrecht, 1636–1695)
- Date: 1681
- Medium: canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: depth 4 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-174--7246c56295b8fbda6e416d471d7f44ea)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/RWgax/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Hondecoeter enlivened his bird paintings with little vignettes. Here the focus is on the hen protecting her chicks from the large and intimidating peacocks.