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Fine Taxidermy Hyacinth Macaw by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

A head mount of a black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) rests atop an antique wooden sphere. The bold, rounded base contrasts with the slender, graceful neck of the bird. This ba...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Hyacinth Macaw by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy Major Mitchell's Cockatoo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

This elegant composition features a Cacatua leadbeateri, known for its soft pink plumage and lively, inquisitive character. The bird is suspended within an antique leather ring, hung...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Major Mitchell's Cockatoo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy Salmon-Crested Cockatoo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

A cockatoo stands in a lively, dancing pose on an antique gilded base. It balances carefully on coral spheres, giving the work a sense of lightness and movement. The bird’s feathers ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Salmon-Crested Cockatoo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy Black Crowned Crane Headmount by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

A head mount of a black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) rests atop an antique wooden sphere. The bold, rounded base contrasts with the slender, graceful neck of the bird. This ba...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Black Crowned Crane Headmount by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Anatomical Model of Gorilla by Dr. Louis Auzoux Plus Unique Handwritten Booklet

By Dr. Louis Auzoux

Located in Haarlem, NL

Sinke & van Tongeren exhibited this extremely rare Auzoux Gorilla by carefully taking apart the model and creating an exploded view of this historically important piece. When viewed from a particular angle all pieces come together to form the original shape. It was part of the exhibition called ‘TIER’ at MOA in The Netherlands The story of a remarkable 19th century anatomical model created just four years after Darwin unleashed a political storm with his theories on human evolution. The publication of Charles Darwin’s controversial On the Origin of Species in 1859 caused debates to rage about human evolution, debates which witnessed the politicisation of a creature whose existence had only recently been confirmed by modern science. On one side of the argument was the Darwinian camp; on the other were those opposed to Darwin’s theory, such as Richard Owen, the famed Director of the Natural History Museum and a man who, interestingly, coined the word ‘dinosaur’. Tales of the creature in question had endured for centuries, but up until 1847 it remained a myth, an unknown. This all changed thanks to the missionary Thomas Savage and the anatomist Jeffries Wyman who wrote a paper for the journal of the Boston Society of Natural History in which they described a new species: Troglodytes gorilla. (Later, in 1929, Harvard zoologist Harold Coolidge would apply the synonym Gorilla gorilla...

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Antique 1860s French Models and Miniatures

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Paper

Anatomical Model of Gorilla by Dr. Louis Auzoux Plus Unique Handwritten Booklet

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Fine Taxidermy Birdcage 'Orchestra No1' by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

A huge 19th Century French Birdcage with a composition of nineteen Fine Taxidermy birds. We can imagine this being an amazing orchestra of beautiful tunes. Among the musicians are a ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Birdcage 'Orchestra No1' by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy Duyvenbode's Lory by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

The Duyvenbode’s Lory (Chalcopsitta duivenbodei) is found in northern New Guinea. Named after Maarten Dirk van Renesse van Duivenbode (June 2, 1804 – March 31, 1878) who was a Dutch merchant, trader of bird skins for fashion and naturalia. The colour palette of this bird is very special. Almost bronze like. A great match with the antique velvet base. Note: All animals used for their work came from captivity and died on natural causes. No animals are raised or killed for their work. The works of Dutch Artists Sinke and van Tongeren are inspired by golden age old master painters...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy Duyvenbode's Lory by Sinke & Van Tongeren

'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

This monumental work is inspired on the famous quote of Darwin. “If everyone were cast in the same mould, there would be no such thing as beauty.” It is because of this quote that we added Darwin to our name Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren. This quote also fits our goal to do all our taxidermy work without the use of factory moulds that are typical for contemporary taxidermy. We sculpt all our bodies by hand and therefor can create the unique poses like how they line up in this mayor work. We combined many different birds with many different features from many different points of the compass. Together they form a 17th Century like composition of colours and poses. This collection varies from the rare African Congo Peafowl and a gracious Stanley Crane to a regular Dutch chicken. Quoting Charles Darwin...

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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

'Quoting Charles Darwin I' a Fine Taxidermy Tableaux by Sinke & Van Tongeren

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

KING OF THE MUSEUM Since we started, we always wanted to make a very large crocodile. Wishful thinking, we thought it was. But now we were able to do so. We were lucky we could obtain a Nile crocodile...

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21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Taxidermy

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Animal Skin

Fine Taxidermy 5 Meter Nile Crocodile by Sinke & Van Tongeren

‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren. After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their Fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity...

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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography

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Paper

‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No. 1. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

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‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.6. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

The third series of photographs by fine Taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of work focused on still life masterpieces. They chose photography as the medium to portray their fine Taxidermy work interpreted through vanitas still lifes. The collection, ‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’, comprises eight works. Vanitas still lifes were enormously popular in the 17th century, often inspired by biblical themes and the saying that “All is vanity”. It reminded the viewer of his or her own mortality. For these series of still lifes Sinke & van Tongeren not only created meaningful scenes of taxidermy, they also mined their enormous collection of great finds to gather the most beautiful and unusual antiques to complement each scene. Title of this work; ’RÉUNION D’OISEAUX ÉTRANGERS’ Cabinets of curiosity were of monumental importance in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Assembling them with interesting and rare objects was a competitive hobby amongst the elite, and to collect a great number of mounted species from everywhere in the world was the Holy Grail of the day. For ‘Réunion d’oiseaux étrangers’, we created that Holy Grail again, but this time stocking our cabinet with seemingly live species. This plentiful composition is staged in a cabinet with different boxes holding rare species such as a Toco Toucan, Scarlet ibis, Cock of the Rock...

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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography

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Paper

‘Les Peintures des Taxidermistes’ No.6. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

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‘Les Peintures Des Taxidermistes’ No. 2. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

By Sinke & Van Tongeren

Located in Haarlem, NL

The third series of photographs by fine taxidermists Sinke & Van Tongeren After observing and analysing so many 17th-century paintings, they were inspired to create a new series of ...

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Antique Early 17th Century Dutch Renaissance Photography

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Paper

‘Les Peintures Des Taxidermistes’ No. 2. Art Print Photo by Sinke & Van Tongeren

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More About Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren

Mute Swan according to Asselijn. A Fine Taxidermy work that is part of the exhibition 'TIER' Armando, Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren at MOA – Museum Oud Amelisweerd in The Netherlands. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

An overview of two of the rooms in the 18th C Country House 'Oud Amelisweerd' owned by Lodewijk Napoleon and currently a museum housing an important antique wallpaper collection as well as the largest collection of work from famous Dutch artist Armando. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Colonne comme Bachelier I & II. Two Fine Taxidermy works that are part of the exhibition 'TIER' Armando, Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren at MOA – Museum Oud Amelisweerd in The Netherlands. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

On the left: Colonne comme Bachelier I. On the right: A Fine Taxidermy Blue Peafowl on an antique cage in front of the painting called 'Waldig, 10-7-13' by Armando. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Turaco's inspired by Aert Schouman. A Fine Taxidermy work or a series of antique chained birdcages scattered with a collection of different Turaco's. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Enraged vari according to d'Hondecoeter. A Fine Taxidermy work that is part of the exhibition 'TIER' Armando, Darwin, Sinke & van Tongeren at MOA – Museum Oud Amelisweerd in The Netherlands. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Mute Swan according to Asselijn. A Fine Taxidermy work of a Mute Swan surrounded by water themed works of Armando. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Explosion of the Auzoux Gorilla. An exploded view of this paper maché anatomical model from 1860 made by French doctor and model maker Auzoux. When Charles Darwin came out with his theory the french president Napoleon had this made to prove the point. A historical important prototype. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

On the left: Another angle of the exploded view Gorilla. On the right: Trophees Revenge. A composition of twelve different trophy heads made of clay, plaster and antique antlers and horns. Picture: © Ernst Moritz

Situated in the Red Room of MOA are three red paintings of Armando including the work ‘Rote Flügel’ and 'Unknown pose by Scarlet Ibis II' by Sinke & van Tongeren. Edition of 3. Picture: © Ernst Moritz