Possible makerPossibly
J. Saar
(French, active ca. 1550)
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax), Female
ca. 1554-1564
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment and black ink over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 16 1/4 × 11 5/8 in. (41.3 × 29.5 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.1.5
DescriptionAvian studyMarkingsInside cover of Album 1 contains a printed catalogue description reading: "Drawings of European Birds, a Collection of upwards of 200 Drawings, most beautifully executed colours, of European Birds, taken from Nature, and most faithfully copied with a view to be published; but from the death of the artists M. la Grese, and M. Petit, they never were engraved. Most of them are accompanied with their names, in 4 large vols. oblong folios, formerly in the Duke of Devonshire's Collection"
InscribedInscribed at upper right vertically: "Cane petiere peinte par J Saar [?]"; at upper left vertically: "3"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
Isaac La Grese
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.4.3
