Herman Funch, Turkey Guarding Her Poults

Herman Funch, Turkey Guarding Her PoultsThis charming late 19th century oil painting by Danish artist Herman Funch (1841 1919) depicts an upright turkey eagerly guarding her numerous white poults. Funch was fascinated by animals and spent many years working the land as an agricultural apprentice. As a specialist, his oeuvre is a veritable farmyard. Sheep rest in ample pasture, chicks peep from woven baskets, sparrowhawks land, prey in claw. And here, hes turned his accomplished brush to the

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