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Pieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the       
animals in the newly established zoo of Louis XIV.     
Many of Boel's sketches were used in the tapestries    
woven in Les Gobelins.                                 
Three peacocks,canvas,123,5 x 199,5 cm  INV.4032
#40112746

Pieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the animals in the newly est...

Pieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the       
animals in the newly established zoo of Louis XIV.     
Many of Boel's sketches were used in the tapestries    
woven in Les Gobelins.                                 
Two herons,canvas,82 x 78 cm        INV.4027
#40112747

Pieter Boel moved to Paris in order to paint the animals in the newly est...

Venus et l'amour - Venus and Amor.
Canvas,132 x 184 cm
INV.1978
#40112824

Venus et l'amour - Venus and Amor. Canvas,132 x 184 cm INV.1978

Bird in space.                                         
Bronze figure
#40120265

Bird in space. Bronze figure

Bird in Space.                                         
Bronze figure
#40120266

Bird in Space. Bronze figure

Matamoe (Peacocks in the country). Path, hut,          
and a working man, peacocks in the foreground.         
Oil on canvas (1892)                                   
115 x 86 cm                                            
Cat. W 484
#40120612

Matamoe (Peacocks in the country). Path, hut, and a working man, peaco...

The victorious Sphinx; 1888
#40120641

The victorious Sphinx; 1888

The swallows 
The painter's mother and his wife (in white dress) in Berck-sur-Mer. 
Oil on canvas, 1873
65 x 81 cm
#40120722

The swallows The painter's mother and his wife (in white dress) in Berck-sur-M...

Falcon hunt in Algiers;                                
the falcons' part of the bag.                          
Oil on canvas (1863)                                   
162.5 x 118 cm                                         
R.F. 87
#40120730

Falcon hunt in Algiers; the falcons' part of the...

Vairumati, 1897.                                       
Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 cm                              
R.F. 1959-5
#40120760

Vairumati, 1897. Oil on canvas, 73 x 94 c...

The magpie.                                 
Oil on canvas, 1868-69                                          
89 x 130 cm                                            
R.F. 1984-164
#40120764

The magpie. Oil on canvas, 1868-69...

Les forges de Vulcain - Vulcan's forge. Venus asks     
Vulcan, the husband she abandoned, to forge arms       
for Aeneas, her illegitimate son. 1747                 
Canvas
#40120817

Les forges de Vulcain - Vulcan's forge. Venus asks Vulcan, the husband she...