The Floating Feather is the common name for a painting properly titled A Pelican and Other Birds Near a Pool, made around 1680 by the Dutch artist Melchior d'Hondecoeter. Its popular title comes from a single feather drifting on the pond depicted in the foreground, a detail that overtook the painting's formal title in everyday use. The work was likely commissioned for one of the hunting residences of Stadtholder William III of Orange, and shows a range of common and exotic bird species gathered by water, reflecting Hondecoeter's reputation for closely observed depictions of birds. It is held in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The Floating Feather is the commonly used name for an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Melchior d'Hondecoeter, properly titled A Pelican and Other Birds Near a Pool.
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The Floating Feather is the commonly used name for an oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch artist Melchior d'Hondecoeter, properly titled A Pelican and Other Birds Near a Pool. The fine detail of the feather floating on the pond led to
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