# Still-Life of Dead Birds and Hunting Weapons

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## Artwork

- Artist: [AELST, Willem van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/aelst-willem-van-re6b0e5a6732583>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 86,5 x 68 cm

## Commentary

The ostentatious display of killed animals after hunt had a representational and symbolic function. The motif of a dead animal hanging upside down - an actual hunting custom - had been taken over by 17th century Dutch painters from earlier artists such as Jacopo de&#39; Barbari and Lucas Cranach the Elder. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 9 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/18\_cent/haydn\_autumn\_23-26\_hunt.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Joseph Haydn: The Seasons, Part 3 Autumn, aria and chorus \(Hunters&#39; chorus\)&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

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## Attribution

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