Painting of Birds, Attributed to Marmaduke Craddock

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Description

Painting of Birds, Attributed to Marmaduke Craddock large oil on canvas after Pieter Casteels III [Flemish 1684-1749. The painting depicts a tale from Aesops Fables, “Jackdaw and Peacock Feathers”. The fable relates the story of a crow that adorns himself with peacock feathers to make himself more beautiful, but his charade is discovered by other birds who strip him of his borrowed feathers and some of his own, leaving the reader with the moral “A fine bird is more than fine feathers”. Sold previously by David Brooker Fine Art.

Dimensions
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)
Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)
Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

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Additional information

PLACE OF ORIGIN

France

PERIOD

Early 18th Century

MATERIALS

Canvas, Painted

DATE OF MANUFACTURE

1725

CONDITION

Good. Wear consistent with age and use.