{"product_id":"vintage-signed-chicken-oil-painting-farmyard-rooster","title":"Signed Chicken Oil Painting Farmyard Rooster and Hens","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"_chunkWrapper_yu34g_39\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eA rooster leads his hens and a scatter of yellow chicks across a farmyard, a thatched outbuilding and a hazy distance behind them, a pond catching light at the lower left. It is signed Borofsky at lower right, with a matching Borofsky label on the reverse. The name recurs across a whole run of decorative farm animal oils but corresponds to no documented artist, so I am selling it as exactly that: a signed decorative farmyard painting in the old Dutch barnyard manner. The canvas has been restretched and the gilt frame wears softly at the corners, both of which suit a working farmhouse picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Artist | Signed Borofsky, artist unidentified. The name appears on a large, consistent body of decorative farm animal oils and corresponds to no documented artist in the reference records.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Signature | Signed Borofsky at lower right, with a Borofsky label on the reverse\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Medium | Oil on canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Subject | Rooster, hens, and chicks in a farmyard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Origin | Continental European\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Age | Vintage. Dated on the character of the painting and the Borofsky signature type, since the canvas has been restretched and the reverse worked on, so construction no longer dates the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Canvas Size | 26 in. W x 22 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame Size | 30 in. W x 26 in. H\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Format | Horizontal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Frame | Giltwood, with wear and small losses at the corners\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]School or Movement | Decorative farmyard genre in the Dutch barnyard tradition. The subject descends from 17th century Dutch painters like Melchior d'Hondecoeter, who built large decorative canvases around poultry and farmyard fowl. That tradition carried through into a long line of decorative farmyard pictures painted for the home, of which this is a later example.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[d]Support | Canvas, restretched\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e[condition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe painting reads as stable and clean in hand, the farmyard scene bright and the paint film sound across the surface, with light surface grime consistent with age. I have not disturbed the varnish. The canvas has been restretched onto its current stretcher and the reverse shows evidence of prior working, so the back is not original to the painting. The restretch has the canvas sitting sound and taut. The giltwood frame shows honest wear, with rubbing and small losses to the gilt and gesso at all four corners and scattered scuffs along the length, most visible along the top edge. I am describing the reverse and frame only from what I can see. Please review all photographs closely, as they form part of this description.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e#7\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Austyn Marie Design","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51482654966038,"sku":"AMD-03446","price":950.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0896\/4623\/5926\/files\/28D06BC7-DCC4-4DB3-9F0E-B9DB163A8014_1_201_a.jpg?v=1785185696","url":"https:\/\/austyn-marie.myshopify.com\/products\/vintage-signed-chicken-oil-painting-farmyard-rooster","provider":"Austyn Marie Design","version":"1.0","type":"link"}