A life-size goldfinch perches on its feeder against a pale plaster wall, held by a fine chain around its leg. Fabritius, a former pupil of Rembrandt, painted it as a trompe-l'oeil, probably set into a window jamb or used as a cover for another picture. The same year he was killed in the Delft gunpowder explosion, and only a handful of his works survive.
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Up close the feathers are a few quick strokes of yellow, grey and red; from a distance they cohere. The signature 'C fabritivs 1654' runs along the bottom.
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