Attributed to
Isaac La Grese
(active mid 1500s)
After
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
River Warbler (Locustella fluviatilis)
ca. 1554-1564
Watercolor, gouache, and brown ink over black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 8 1/2 × 10 3/16 in. (21.6 × 25.9 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.1.57
DescriptionAvian study-(see 1889.10.1.55 and .56); ID suggested by KinzelbachMarkingsInside 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 center: Velia minor. eademq's veres masc [?]
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
