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| Painting Name | Still-Life of Dead Birds and Hunting Weapons |
| Painter Name | Willem van Aelst |
| Completion Date | 1660 |
| Size | 865 x 68 cm |
| Technique | Oil |
| Material | Canvas |
| Current Location | Staatliche Museen Berlin |
The ostentatious display of killed animals after hunt had a representational and symbolic function. The motif of a dead animal hanging upside down – an actual hunting custom – had been taken over by 17th century Dutch painters from earlier artists such as Jacopo de’ Barbari and Lucas Cranach the Elder.
