# Gamepiece with a Dead Heron [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WEENIX, Jan]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 134 x 111 cm ## Commentary This painting belongs to the type of gamepieces called hunting trophy. Jan Weenix was a specialist of these pieces and his delicate pictures dominated the genre in the 1690s and during the first two decades of the eighteenth century. The painting was titled previously as "Falconer's Bag" due to the bag in the foreground. It recalls the more conspicuous examples in <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/a/aelst/weapons.html'\)" href="/html/a/aelst/weapons.html">paintings by Willem van Aelst,</a> where the luxurious sportsman's attribute allowed the artist to demonstrate his extraordinary skill in describing different materials. ## Related artworks - [A Boy and a Dog in a Landscape]() - [After the Hunt]() - [An Italian Seaport \(detail\)]() - [An Italian Seaport]() - [Boar Hunt]() - [Dead Hare and Partridges]() - [Game Still-Life with Statue of Diana]() - [Italianate Landscape]() - [Landscape with Huntsman and Dead Game]() - [Portrait of a Gentleman]() - [Still-Life of Game]() - [Still-Life of Game]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()