# Dead Partridge

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## Artwork

- Artist: [WEENIX, Jan Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 50,6 x 43,5 cm

## Commentary

In his Dead Partridge Jan Baptist Weenix had been inspired by an old tradition which can be traced back as far as Jacopo de&#39; Barbari and Lucas Cranach the Elder. Such dead animals can also be found in the paintings of Willem van Aelst.

## Related artworks

- [Ancient Ruins \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/ancient-ruins-detail-r2b04d0d7943272>)
- [Ancient Ruins](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/ancient-ruins-r9efda71aa86934>)
- [Departure of an Oriental Entourage](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/departure-of-an-oriental-entourage-r517968e24d5549>)
- [Hound with a Joint of Meat and a Cat Looking On](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/hound-with-a-joint-of-meat-and-a-cat-looking-on-r0357011ddee8b0>)
- [The Ford in the River](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/the-ford-in-the-river-r7a0a73e9260b0a>)
- [The Roman Tinker](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/weenix-jan-baptist-rc9383e69523a12/the-roman-tinker-r1b22a3a50161e8>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)