Curator’s note
The Goldfinch
On a small panel, a goldfinch sits chained by a fine tether to its feeder. Fabritius died in the Delft gunpowder explosion in 1654, the year of this work. The bird's feathers and the light on the wall are rendered with trompe-l'œil realism.
Source: Arterra 큐레이션
- Date
- 1654
- Medium
- panel
