Peacocks

Melchior d' Hondecoeter

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Large painting of a peacock standing on a wall. The peacock's body is blue with green and gold wings. The long tail is green, gold and blue with many eye-like patterns. A blue head and green neck. The wall is brown stone with a planter on top with green leaves and yellow flowers. Next to the wall on the left is a white bird with an orange head and black beak. A small black and red bird on the ground beside it. A lion cub and a monkey are sitting on the ground beside the wall. The monkey is sitting behind a basket of fruit. A dead rat hangs from a rod on the wall on the right. A cloudy sky with flying birds in the background. Trees behind the wall.