Attributed toAttributed to
Isaac La Grese
(active mid 1500s)
Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris), Male
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 7/16 × 10 11/16 in. (21.4 × 27.1 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.4.27
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 along upper edge: "C…[crossed out] Caleos mas 35. [crossed out] /39/ [crossed out]"
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
Isaac La Grese
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.2.38
