A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable

A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable (c. 1655) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch.It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the National Gallery, London. According to the museum, X-ray photography shows that the dog and dead birds were painted over the figure of a wounded man.

A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable

A Man with Dead Birds, and Other Figures, in a Stable (c. 1655) is an oil on canvas painting by the Dutch painter Pieter de Hooch.It is an example of Dutch Golden Age painting and is now in the National Gallery, London. According to the museum, X-ray photography shows that the dog and dead birds were painted over the figure of a wounded man.