Still Life with Peacocks

Rembrandt's Still Life with Peacocks presents a dim interior where two peacocks occupy the foreground, one lying on a ledge and the other raised with wings partly spread, their iridescent greens and browns rendered with dense, tactile brushwork. A boy peers from a shadowed doorway on the left, while a basket of fruit and a warm, ochre light establish depth and narrative within the composition. The work exemplifies Dutch Baroque aesthetics with dramatic chiaroscuro, a restrained earth-toned palette, and precise rendering of feathers and textures.