Artist/Maker
Unidentified artist
(French, active ca. 1520–1570)
Associated with
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
Associated with
Isaac La Grese
(active mid 1500s)
Associated with
Michel Petit
(French, active ca. 1554)
Male Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
ca. 1554-1564
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 11 5/16 × 15 7/16 in. (28.7 × 39.2 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.4.42
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 center: Phasianus mas.
At lower right: Phaisan Royal.
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
Unidentified artist
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.3.27
Unidentified artist
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.3.28
