Boy with a Birdcage

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This type of 'niche' picture was popular in Holland in the mid-seventeenth century. It shows a boy leaning over an arched stone balcony holding a bird cage and offering up a glass of water. His mischievous look suggests he may be about to release the prisoner. On the ledge are children’s toys (a spinning top and clackers made from bone), and his yellow and blue feathered hat projects into the world of the viewer. Inscribed on the stone plaque on the window ledge wall is 'Anno.16.65', referring to the year the painting was made, when the artist was living in The Hague.

National Trust, Knightshayes Court

Tiverton

Title

Boy with a Birdcage

Date

1665

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 21 x W 16.5 cm

Accession number

541101

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Joyce, Lady Heathcoat Amory, 1997

Work type

Painting

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