Attributed toAttributed to
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops), rufous variant
ca. 1554-1564
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over traces of black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 11 11/16 × 9 3/4 in. (29.7 × 24.8 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.3.42
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 left vertically: "44"; at upper center: "La nyvoule"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
Pierre Vase
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.3.18
