Koolmees
Jan Weenix
1650 - 1719
Medium
brush
Dimensions
141; 182
About this artwork
height 182 mm x width 141 mm
Art Historical Context
Jan Weenix, a leading Dutch painter of the late Golden Age, created this delicate brush drawing titled *Koolmees* (Great Tit) between 1650 and 1719. Working primarily in Amsterdam and Utrecht, Weenix became renowned for his refined still-life compositions featuring game birds, flowers, and hunting trophies. Though best known for large-scale oil paintings commissioned by European nobility, he also produced intimate studies on paper that reveal his keen observational skills and meticulous attention to plumage, posture, and natural detail. Measuring just 182 by 141 millimeters, the work’s small ...