Gillis d'Hondecoeter

de Hondecoeter or d'Hondecoeter (c. 1575–1580 – buried 17 October 1638)[1] was a Dutch painter, working in a Flemish style, painting landscapes, trees, fowl and birds.

Gillis married in 1602 Maaijke Gijbrechts in Delft, while working in Utrecht.

Six years later he married the young and (probably) beautiful Anna Spierinx, who first had refused his son Gijsbert, according to Arnold Houbraken.

Gillis, his son Gijsbert, working in Utrecht and both his grandchildren specialized in fowl and birds, using probably a small gallow, as was mentioned in the inventory of his grandson Melchior de Hondecoeter.

Gillis painted Flemish, hilly, fantasy landscapes, most of the time in connection with a biblical scene.