Poultry Frame:white A crude derivation

A crude derivation

A prophecy had warned the god Saturn that one of his children would defeat him and rule the universe in his place

Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt was thirty-nine

The broad characterisation and handling of the figures seems to contrast with the delicacy of the landscape detail which has led to suggestions that Andries might be responsible for them

work on the picture began in September 1716

Poultry Frame:white A crude derivationAnimal painting became increasingly popular in the 17th century, although sporting scenes and hunt trophies were more usual subjects than live domestic creatures. The genre originates with Dutch and Flemish painters, several of whom visited London during William Cartwright's lifetime (who bequeathed this painting to Dulwich College in 1686). This painting could nonetheless also be the work of a British artist for example Francis Barlow (1626 1704),