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A late 12th century French mythological theme, depicted in a highly detailed and textured gouache and oil painting with a very damp, thick impasto style. The central focus is a full-length portrait of a cockatrice; a mythological creature boasting a beautifully exquisite rooster head featuring a crest, an eye rim, red cheeks, and a golden-black beak. This merges into bat wings of a silvery blue-green hue with impasto-styled feather textures, leading to a rooster's body with pale golden feather textures, also in impasto style. The body finally transforms into a vibrant snake tail with glossy green-grey scale textures. The creature stands on an earthy ground filled with sparse patches of grass and small pebbles. The background sets the creature in a stunning countryside landscape, the outskirts of which are cinched by an array of splendid trees.
This late 12th-century painting showcases a stunning cockatrice, blending a rooster's head, bat wings, and a snake tail. The detailed impasto style enhances its mythical presence against a lush countryside backdrop.