Poultry Frame:white which states that she was

which states that she was the wife of 'Capt Grieg of the Marines'

work on the picture began in September 1716

Burke proposed that it might be a replica

Painted in 1645 when Rembrandt was thirty-nine

The genre originates with Dutch and Flemish painters

Poultry Frame:white which states that she wasAnimal painting became increasingly popular in the 17th century, although sporting scenes and hunt trophies were more usual subjects than live domestic creatures. The genre originates with Dutch and Flemish painters, several of whom visited London during William Cartwright's lifetime (who bequeathed this painting to Dulwich College in 1686). This painting could nonetheless also be the work of a British artist for example Francis Barlow (1626 1704),