Poultry Frame:white Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt

Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt was thirty-nine

The subject is from Matthew II

but his special status - he was already an established master in his own right - is demonstrated by the fact that he did not scruple to 'improve' the composition to suit his own ideas

Burke proposed that it might be a replica

The genre originates with Dutch and Flemish painters

Poultry Frame:white Painted in 1645 when RembrandtAnimal 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),