Aert Shouman. A Turkey Startling Chickens. 1775. 18th Century South Carolina

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Aert Shouman. A Turkey Startling Chickens. 1775. 18th Century South CarolinaSHOUMAN, Aert (Dutch, 1710 1792). A Turkey Startling Chickens. Black chalk, watercolor, pen and ink. Signed verso: "A Schouman na Hondecoeter". ca. 1775. 8 3 4" x 6 13 16" sheet, 16" x 13 1 2" framed. Schoumans notes on the verso indicate he based his work on a composition by Melchoir dHondecoeter. Aert Schouman was a prolific artist who specialized in flower painting and engraving on glass, but was foremost in the art of natural history painting.