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A Eurasian Eagle-Owl with Other Birds in a Landscape
Also titled Een oehoe met andere vogels in een landschap
c. 1690 - c. 1700
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 127 cm x width 101 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- On loan from the Broere Charitable Foundation
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Even though owls are night predators, this eagle-owl has managed to catch a chicken during the day. It looks up angrily from his prey while being harassed by a wood pigeon. In general, in daytime, other birds ill try to keep owls from sleeping and chase them away. Eagle-owls are rarely found in the Netherlands. Dirk Valkenburg also worked in Vienna, which is where he most likely portrayed this imposing creature.
