Woman at the piano with Cockatoo- Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, oil on panel (c. 1848-82)
Woman at the piano with Cockatoo- Gustave Léonard de Jonghe, oil on panel (c. 1848-82)
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I thought to myself, "What a fancy cockatoo, to have such a long name"
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Gustave would be a good name for a parrot.
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I like the idea of the fancy cockatoo being the more important subject of the painting, like "oh hey, who's that Gustave is hanging out with?" "idk, some woman at a piano" "well, lucky her"
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Was this painted in Australia, or maybe the bird was smuggled into another country. Maybe back then you could just take wildlife? Interesting
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The artist worked out of Belgium and France, so this is almost certainly a cockatoo that was either taken from the wild or hatched locally. Most people didn't care much about protecting wildlife back then.
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Back then, cool-looking wildlife was often exported worldwide for the amusement of bored rich people. And a large, unusual-looking parrot from the other side of the globe would have made a desirable conversation piece.
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