Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), Adult Female or Alpine Variant (alpestris)

Attributed toAttributed to Isaac La Grese (active mid 1500s)

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), Adult Female or Alpine Variant (alpestris)

ca. 1554-1564

Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page

Overall (irregular): 8 7/8 × 12 5/16 in. (22.5 × 31.3 cm)

Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop

1889.10.4.3

DescriptionAvian Study

MarkingsInside 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 along upper edge: "Beos foemina. /4/"

ClassificationsDRAWINGS

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