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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Jan Steen (1626-1659), "The Life of Man", c. 1655, oil on canvas, 68.5 x 81.6 cm, Mauritshuis (The Hague, NL). www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1628) & Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), "The Garden of Eden with the Fall of Man" (detail), c. 1615, oil on panel, 74.3 x 114.7 cm, Mauritshuis (The Hague, NL). www.mauritshuis.nl/en/our-colle... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441), "Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele", 1436, oil on panel, 124.5 x 160 cm, Groeningemuseum (Bruges, Belgium). collectie.museabrugge.be/collection/w... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Lovis Corinth (1858-1925), "The Family of the Painter Fritz Rumpf", 1901, oil on canvas, 113 x 140 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany). id.smb.museum/object/96591... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Jan Voerman Junior (1890-1976), "Female and Male Eclectus Parrot" from the Verkade-album 'Dierenleven in Artis', c. 1939, watercolour, dimensions not specified, Zaans Museum (Zaandam, The Netherlands). zaansweb.adlibhosting.com/Details/muse... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #watercolour

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), "Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot", 1942, oil on masonite, 54.6 x 43.2 cm, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (Argentina). coleccion.malba.org.ar/autorretrato... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827), "Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming", 1788, oil on canvas, 106 x 152.5 cm, National Gallery of Art (Washington DC). www.nga.gov/artworks/506... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting #portrait #portraiture

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Joannes 'Jan' Fyt (1611-1661), "Still Life with a Page", 1644, oil on canvas, 121.5 x 205 cm, The Wallace Collection (London). wallacelive.wallacecollection.org/eMP/eMuseumP... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Joseph Highmore (1692-1780), "A Woman and her Child, Probably Olive Sharpe (née Cartwright) and her son John", 1731, oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6 cm, Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, Connecticut, USA). collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) and Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678), "Deborah Kip, Wife of Sir Balthasar Gerbier, and Her Children", 1629/1630-1640s, oil on canvas, 165.8 x 177.8 cm, National Gallery of Art (Washington DC). www.nga.gov/artworks/524... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793-1865), "Countess Széchenyi", 1828, oil on canvas, 97.8 x 78.5 cm, The Cleveland Museum of Art (Ohio, USA). www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.57 #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Attributed to El Greco (1541-1614), "Portrait of Charles de Guise, Cardinal de Lorraine", 1572, oil on canvas, 178.5 x 94.5 cm, Kunsthaus Zürich (Switzerland). collection.kunsthaus.ch/en/collectio... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Tobias Stranover (1684-1756), "Macaw & Other Birds in a Landscape", undated, oil on canvas, 150 x 112 cm, Government Art Collection. Artwork location: British Embassy (Oslo, Norway). artcollection.dcms.gov.uk/artwork/11668/ #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Tobias Stranover (1684-1756), "Scarlet Macaw, Yellow-naped Amazon, Eurasian Bullfinch, Blue Tit, Eurasian Jay, and Red Squirrel with Fruit", 1710-1724, oil on canvas, 113 x 158.8 cm, Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, Connecticut, USA). #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Roelant Savery (1578-1639), "Two Horses and Grooms", 1628, oil on panel, 36 x 62.5 cm, City Collection Abby Kortrijk (Belgium). www.abbykortrijk.be/en/discover/... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Gustave Courbet (1819-1877), "Woman with a Parrot" (detail), 1866, oil on canvas, 129.5 x 195.6 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA). (I'm posting only this detail for obvious reasons 🤭) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Cornelis Troost (1696-1750), "An Amsterdam Canal House Garden", c. 1740-1745, oil on canvas, 66 x 56 cm, Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). id.rijksmuseum.nl/200109041 #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625), "Allegory of Air", 1611, oil on canvas, 46 x 83 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon, France). artsandculture.google.com/asset/air-00... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #parrots #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Unknown artist, "The Annunciation to Mary" (detail), 1501-1515, panel, 174.5 x 165.2 cm, Bode-Museum/Gemäldegalerie (Berlin, Germany). id.smb.museum/object/87096... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #panelpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), "Still Life near a Fountain", 1717, oil on canvas, 191 x 193 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts (Lyon, France). collections.mba-lyon.fr/fr/notice/a-... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #parrots #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Gerrit van Honthorst (1590/1592-1656), "Musical Group on a Balcony", 1622, oil on panel, 309.9 x 216.4 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA). www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Edouard Manet (1832-1883), "The Guitar Player", 1866, oil on canvas, 63.5 x 80 cm, Hill-Stead Museum (Farmington, Connecticut, USA). (incorrectly dated as 1886 on museum's website) hillstead.org/collections/ #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Heartbreaking. The Drents Museum in Assen, where I worked for a time, was the target of a violent heist last night. Several objects from the exhibition "Dacia - Empire of Gold and Silver" have been stolen. Unique, irreplaceable objects of immense, historic value. drentsmuseum.nl/en/news/clos...

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Last night's events at the Drents Museum

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Jacob Jordaens I (1593-1678) and/or his workshop, "The Fruit Seller", undated, oil on canvas, 115.3 x 152.5 cm, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerp, Belgium). kmska.be/en/masterpie... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), "Portrait of Veronica Spinola Serra", 1605-1606, oil on canvas, 225.5 x 138.5 cm, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (Germany). www.kunsthalle-karlsruhe.de/en/kunstwerk... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Meissen Manufactury (1710-present), "Parrot", 1730-1735, hard-paste porcelain, 34.3 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA). www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #porcelain #ceramic #ceramics

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Carel Adolph Lion Cachet (1864-1945), "Study of a Parrot and a Lion", 1896, chalk on paper, 205 x 260 mm, Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam). id.rijksmuseum.nl/200596734 #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #drawing #sketch #sketching #study #artstudy

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Frans van Mieris the Elder (1635-1681), "A Woman in a Red Jacket feeding a Parrot", c. 1663, oil on copper, 22.5 x 17.3 cm, The National Gallery (London). www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/fr... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Melchior d’Hondecoeter (1636-1695), "The Menagerie", c. 1690, oil on canvas, 135 x 116.5 cm, Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam). www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Willem Wissing (c. 1656-1687), "Mary of Modena", 1685-1687, oil on canvas, 125.6 x 102.6 cm, Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, Connecticut, USA). collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Maria-Theresia van Thielen (1640-1706), "Still Life with Parrot", 1661, oil on canvas, 53.3 x 68.6 cm, Milwaukee Art Museum (Wisconsin, USA). collection.mam.org/details.php?... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), "The Holy Family with the Parrot", 1614-1633, oil on panel, 164 x 190 cm, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerp, Belgium). kmska.be/en/masterpie... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), "Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons", 1773, oil on canvas, 141.5 x 113 cm, The National Gallery (London). www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/si... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Unknown artist, "Seated Woman with Parrot", c. 1850, daguerrotype (sixth plate), 8.26 x 6.99 cm, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (Kansas City, USA). art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/5327... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #photograph #photography #daguerrotype

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Julia Beatrice How (1865-1932), "Etude, Le Perroquet", undated, oil on canvas, 44 x 34 cm, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent, UK). artuk.org/discover/art... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873), "The Lory", 1837-1838, oil on canvas, 48.3 x 38.1 cm, Royal Collections Trust (UK). (We now know that this not a Lory, but actually a female Eclectus parrot 😉) www.rct.uk/collection/4... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Unknown artist, "Glass Pane Depicting a Parrot", undated (17th century), stained glass, 11.1 x 10.5 x 0.2 cm, Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden, Netherlands). www.lakenhal.nl/en/collectio... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #glass #stainedglass

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802-1828), "Studies of Two Parrots", c. 1820-1824, black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on grey wove paper, 19 x 26.2 cm, National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). www.gallery.ca/collection/a... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #drawing #artstudy

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Edouard Manet (1832-1883), "Young Lady in 1866", 1866, oil on canvas, 185.1 x 128.6 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA). www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

David de Coninck (1642-1701), "Ostentatious Still Life with a Dog and a Parrot", undated, oil on canvas, 83 x 103 cm, Museum Bredius (The Hague, Netherlands). museumbredius.nl/en/collectio... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Charles William Brown (1882–1961), "Interior", 1958, oil on panel, 25 x 17.5 cm, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent, UK). artuk.org/discover/art... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Attributed to Jean Clouet (1480–1541), "Portrait of Marguerite d'Angoulême, Queen of Navarre", c. 1527, oil on panel, 62 x 52.5 cm, Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool, UK). www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/por... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Eadweard J. Muybridge (1830-1904), "Animal Locomotion. Twenty-Four Views of a Parrot in Flight", 1887, collotype photograph, 16.5 × 43.8 cm, The J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA). www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #photograph #photography

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Adelaide Labille-Guiard (1749-1803), "Portrait of Louise-Elisabeth of France, Duchess of Parma", 1788, 286 x 161 cm, oil on canvas, Château de Versailles (France). collections.chateauversailles.fr?lng=gb#/quer... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Unknown artist, "A Parrot" (from the so-called Northumberland Bestiary), c. 1250-1260, pen-and-ink drawings tinted with body colour and translucent washes on parchment, 21 x 15.7 cm, the J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, USA). www.getty.edu/art/collecti... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #drawing

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

August Allebé (1838-1927), "Neighbour's Quarrel" ('Burentwist'), 1875, oil on canvas, 88 x 63.5 cm, Teylers Museum (Haarlem, Netherlands). teylers.adlibhosting.com/ais6/Details... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Unknown artist, "Parrots", c. 1670, oil on canvas, 109 x 88 cm, Skokloster Castle (Sweden). samlingar.shm.se/object/C8B52... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Giovanni da Udine (1487-1564), "Studies of Parrots and Other Birds" (left image) and "A Green Parrot and Small Sketches of Parrots and Mantids" (right image), undated (16th century), pen and brown ink, red and black chalk, watercolour and gouache on paper, 30 x 21.9 cm. (continued ⬇️)

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

William Bruce Ellis Ranken (1881–1941), "Macaw and Sunflowers", undated, oil on canvas, 85.8 x 76.3 cm, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Swansea, UK). artuk.org/discover/art... #art #arthistory #parrot #bird #painting #oilpainting

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Kristian Kreeft @kristiankreeft.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Berthe Constance Ursule Art (1857-1934), "Blue Macaws", undated (but before 1903, the date of acquisition), pastel on paper, 79 x 62 cm, Royal Museum of Fine Arts (Antwerp, Belgium). www.kmska.be/nl/meesterwe... #art #arthistory #parrot #parrots #bird #birds #macaws #painting #pastel #pastelart

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