Attributed to
Isaac La Grese
(active mid 1500s)
Associated with
Pierre Vase
(French, ca.1520–after 1590)
Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), Female
ca. 1554-1564
Watercolor, gouache, white lead pigment, and black ink over traces of black chalk on ivory paper, laid on paper, formerly laid on an album page
Overall (irregular): 7 9/16 × 11 15/16 in. (19.2 × 30.3 cm)
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
1889.10.2.53
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: 70 [in a box] GGGG / P[crossed out]
ClassificationsDRAWINGS
Collections
- Rare Watercolors of European Birds, 1540-1590
Isaac La Grese
ca. 1554-1564
1889.10.1.19
