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Dead Birds and Hunting Equipment in a Landscape
Dead Birds and Hunting Equipment in a Landscape

Dead Birds and Hunting Equipment in a Landscape

Jan Weenix (Dutch, 1642–1719)
Medium/TechniqueOil on canvas
Dimensions97.8 x 83.8 cm (38 1/2 x 33 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Roger Merriman
Accession number41.744
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InscriptionsThe initials JW [joined] that appeared at lower right were deemed false and removed during the 1978 cleaning of the painting.ProvenanceBy 1901, Helen Bigelow (Mrs. Daniel) Merriman (b. 1844 - d. 1933), Boston [see note 1]; by descent to her daughter-in-law, Dorothea Foote (Mrs. Roger) Merriman (b. 1880 - d. 1970), Cambridge, MA; 1941, gift of Mrs. Merriman to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 13, 1941)

NOTES:
[1] Mrs. Merriman lent this painting to the Worcester Art Museum in 1901. It was formerly attributed to Snyders.