# Birds

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SCHOUMAN, Aert](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schouman-aert-r2904ea9343e6a1>)
- Date: 1701-1750
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 95 x 110 cm

## Commentary

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.

## Related artworks

- [Birds](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schouman-aert-r2904ea9343e6a1/birds-re84f30aaaba70a>)
- [Shoemaker](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schouman-aert-r2904ea9343e6a1/shoemaker-rb6fd00134bf7bf>)

## Attribution

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