SCHOUMAN, Aert
(b. 1710, Dordrecht, d. 1792, Den Haag)

Birds

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Oil on canvas, 95 x 110 cm
Private collection

Schouman was a skilled painter of animals and plants, and most particularly birds. Although he executed many watercolours of birds, his large scale oil paintings are rare.

The present painting depicts a helmeted guinea fowl and a black headed caique on a branch.