HONDECOETER, Gillis Claesz. d'
(b. ca. 1575, Antwerpen, d. 1638, Amsterdam)

Baptism of the Moorish Chamberlain

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Oil on canvas, 111 x 203 cm
Rockox House, Antwerp

Gillis Claesz. d'Hondecoeter was a member of a family of Dutch painters. He was an artist often inspired by Roelandt Savery's landscapes crammed with domesticated and exotic birds and animals.