Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey, n.d. by Melchior d'Hondecoeter
Canvas Print - 22221-DHM

Location: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Original Size: 122 × 139 cm

Own a museum-grade giclée Canvas Print of Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey by Melchior d'Hondecoeter (n.d.). It is printed with archival pigments on 400 g/m² canvas and hand-varnished with a UV-protective layer. Set your exact proportional size—anything up to 24.1 × 27.6 in, with optional framing. Free worldwide shipping for rolled artworks. Unframed prints ship within 48 h, framed prints in 7-8 days. Guaranteed 100-year color durability.

Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey, n.d. | Melchior d'Hondecoeter | Giclée Canvas Print
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Most people search for “canvas print” or “wall art” - but what they’re really looking for is a giclée print: a museum-grade reproduction of the original masterpiece, printed with archival pigment inks on fine art canvas.

Giclée (pronounced 'zhee-clay') is a French term meaning 'to spray,' referring to how ink is precisely sprayed onto canvas or paper, creating incredibly detailed fine art prints. It’s the gold standard in museum-quality printing, loved by artists, galleries, and museums worldwide.

Your artwork will be printed on premium canvas using vibrant archival inks, faithfully capturing every brushstroke and subtle nuance of Melchior d'Hondecoeter's original. To ensure lasting beauty, each print is finished with a protective UV varnish. Far superior to ordinary posters, your canvas print will look and feel like a real painting, retaining its vivid colors and pristine details for more than 100 years.

About Giclée Fine Art Printing

Here's a simple trick: use painter’s tape to mark the print size directly on your wall, and step back to see how it feels. Generally, larger sizes around 36 in wide work beautifully in living rooms or open spaces. Medium sizes around 24 in fit nicely in bedrooms, hallways, or offices. Hanging it above a sofa? Choose a print that's roughly two-thirds the width of your couch. Still unsure? Start with our popular 18.9 × 21.7 in size—it fits comfortably in most spaces!

For a more artistic approach: choosing a size closer to the original artwork ensures you experience the artist’s intended visual impact and authenticity. Of course, since most of us don't live in spacious baroque palaces, your available space and personal taste should ultimately guide your decision.

In many cases, yes! If you need a specific size to fit a particular space or frame, feel free to reach out—we're happy to see what’s possible. Because each print is made to order, we can often accommodate custom dimensions as long as they respect the proportions of the original painting.Just send us an email at info@topartprint.com with the title of the artwork and the size you're looking for. We’ll get back to you quickly with options and pricing.

Good to know: when you choose the size of your artwork, the Print Size shown in the Your Selection box refers to the actual image area—that’s the part you’ll see once the canvas is stretched or framed.

The Total Size includes an additional 1.2 in white border on each side, added specifically for stretching.
So yes—this white border is added on top of your selected print size. You get the full artwork at the dimensions you picked, plus extra canvas to make stretching smooth and professional.

For example, if you select a 18.9 × 21.7 in print, the full canvas you receive will measure 21.3 × 24.0 in—giving your framer plenty of room to create a clean, gallery-quality stretch.

Both options are wonderful choices! Going unframed gives you maximum flexibility—you can take your print to a local framing shop for personalized options and expert advice tailored to your décor. This is especially great if you have specific design ideas or want to match existing frames in your home.

However, keep in mind that a print truly comes to life when properly framed. Art professionals often say: 'The frame contributes 30% of the artwork’s overall impact.' A well-chosen frame elevates and completes your print.

If you choose our framing option, your print will arrive professionally framed and ready to hang right out of the box. We focus exclusively on traditional framing methods, ensuring every artwork receives the respectful presentation it deserves—this is why we don't offer gallery wrap options.

Important shipping note: Due to courier restrictions, we can ship framed prints up to 28 in on the longest side. Larger prints will arrive safely rolled in a tube, ready for you to frame locally.

For more detailed information, please see our complete guide to fine art framing methods.

We've carefully selected this premium canvas because it brings out the absolute best in Melchior d'Hondecoeter's work. Made from natural cotton with a 400 g/m² weight, it has just the right texture to capture every brushstroke and detail of the original painting.

What makes our canvas special? The satin-gloss finish. Think of how paintings look in museums with that beautiful varnish—that's exactly the effect we're going for. This glossy surface makes colors pop with incredible vibrancy while giving deep, rich blacks that matte canvases simply can't achieve. The result? Your print has that authentic 'real painting' look with extraordinary depth and life.

Plus, our canvas is acid-free and pH-neutral, so it'll stay beautiful for generations. We believe Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey deserves nothing less than this museum-quality treatment.

Every print is made just for you—no mass production here! Once you place your order, we begin creating your Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey print with care and precision.

Unframed prints are crafted in 2–4 business days.
Framed prints take 7–8 business days to build and finish.

Shipping options:
Standard Delivery (Free): Up to two unframed prints per order, provided that the short side does not exceed 59 cm (approx. 23 inches), with delivery in 10–14 working days.
Express Shipping: Delivered in 2–4 working days; costs vary by weight, volume, and destination. After adding the artwork to your cart, use the Shipping estimates tool there for exact pricing.

Note for framed prints: Because they’re bulkier and higher-value, framed artworks ship only via express tracked service and do not qualify for free standard delivery.

Packaging:
Unframed prints: Safely rolled in postal tubes.
Framed prints: Packed in reinforced boxes with corner protectors and bubble wrap.

You’ll receive a tracking number as soon as your order leaves our studio—so you can follow every step of its journey!

It’s super easy! Your giclée print is designed to last over 100 years when properly displayed. We’ve already applied a UV-protective varnish, so there’s no need for any extra treatments on your part.

Just follow these simple tips:
  • Hang your print away from direct sunlight and high humidity
  • Dust gently with a soft, dry cloth if needed
  • Avoid touching the printed surface directly
  • Keep the room temperature relatively stable
That’s it! With these basic precautions, your Melchior d'Hondecoeter print will retain its vibrant colors and pristine condition for generations to come.

We want you to truly love your art. Since each piece is custom-made just for you, we kindly recommend double-checking the size and details before placing your order. But if something’s not right—especially in terms of quality—we’re here to help and will make it right.

We offer a 30-day return policy and accept returns for items damaged during shipping. Our return process is simple and straightforward:
Step 1 – Let us know: Send an email to info@topartprint.com with your order number and a brief explanation of the issue.
Step 2 – Send it back: We’ll reply with clear instructions for returning the print. Please return it in its original packaging and in good condition. You cover return shipping (unless we sent a damaged/incorrect item). After inspection, we'll send a replacement or refund the product price.
Please note: shipping costs are non-refundable.

For framed artworks: Since framed prints are handcrafted specifically for your order, returns are accepted only at our discretion and require a valid reason. But don’t worry—our support team is friendly, responsive, and ready to assist.

About the Painting

A cockerel struts into conflict, golden hackle feathers blazing like a torch against the murky earth. His body is coiled with tension – legs planted, neck thrust forward, every plume articulated with such precision you can almost hear the rustle of feathers bristling. This is Melchior d'Hondecoeter at his most theatrically alive, staging a barnyard drama with all the compositional ambition of a history painter.

Landscape with Poultry and Birds of Prey sets domestic fowl against a predator that has breached their territory. Three hens cluster behind the rooster in various states of alarm – one white hen presses low, her plumage rendered in creamy impasto strokes that catch the light; another, darker, seems to shrink back toward the left margin. The bird of prey, a raptor swooping in from the upper middle ground, triggers the entire scene's nervous energy. Meanwhile, perched on a stone ledge to the right, a peacock surveys the chaos with aristocratic detachment, its grey-blue body cool and still amid the commotion below. Tiny chicks scatter near the lower right corner, almost lost in shadow. On the far left, partially cropped by the canvas edge, a goat and what appears to be a pig root about, oblivious to the avian crisis.

D'Hondecoeter builds his stage with architectural cunning. A heavy stone pier and masonry block anchor the right half, creating a warm ochre wall that pushes the central group forward. Beyond it, the landscape opens leftward into hazy blue distance – ruins on a hill, a pale sky streaked with sunset gold. This asymmetrical arrangement, dense on one side and airy on the other, owes a clear debt to the Flemish animal painter Frans Snyders, whose monumental compositions of hunts and market stalls pioneered exactly this kind of diagonal counterbalance.

What separates d'Hondecoeter from lesser animal painters is his command of texture. The cockerel's tail feathers shift from deep viridian to iridescent black, each barb distinct. The white hen's breast has a soft, chalky quality quite unlike the slick sheen of the peacock's neck. Even the masonry feels different under the brush – dry, granular, warm where sunlight grazes it. Hondecoeter trained first with his father Gijsbert, then with his uncle Jan Baptist Weenix, and Weenix's influence shows in the Italianate landscape backdrop, that golden atmospheric haze borrowed from a world far removed from Dutch hen coops.

Light enters from the left, raking across the birds at a low angle that deepens every shadow and gilds every raised feather. The effect is almost Caravaggesque in its selective drama, though the palette stays earthbound – umber, raw sienna, tawny orange – relieved only by patches of sky blue and the peacock's cool plumage. One can practically smell the dusty yard, feel the dry warmth of late afternoon.

Perhaps what makes the painting so compelling is its emotional register: genuine alarm. These are not decorative birds posed for a patron's dining room, though the canvas certainly ended up in such settings. The cockerel defends. The hens panic. The chicks are vulnerable. D'Hondecoeter understood that a scene of poultry standing placidly would bore; introduce a hawk, and every creature reveals its character. He returned to this motif repeatedly throughout his career, varying the cast and the setting, and at least two copies and several variants of this particular composition are known.

Small details reward patience. Notice how the raptor in flight is painted with looser, more abbreviated strokes than the grounded birds – speed rendered through technique, not just posture. And the crested hen to the right, half-hidden in shadow beside the masonry, has a fantastically disheveled topknot, almost comic against the general mood of peril.

Standing before this canvas at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Buenos Aires, far from the Dutch Golden Age world that produced it, one still feels its immediacy. It is a painting that takes the humblest of subjects – chickens in a yard – and insists they deserve the full apparatus of Baroque drama. That insistence, carried off with such evident pleasure, is what keeps it alive.

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