Barbiers Superb Parrot watercolor
Barbiers, Pieter (Dutch, 1749-1842).
Study of a Black Parrot on a Tree Branch.
Watercolor on cream laid paper, triple ruled in black ink.
Ca. 1800-1805.
11 7/8" x 9 5/8" sheet; 15 13/16" x 13 3/4" framed.
A Superb Watercolor of a Parrot by One of the Master's of Nineteenth-century Ornithological Illustration
In this drawing of a black parrot, the painter's remarkable eye for the aesthetically beautiful is combined with a scientific attention to detail. The midnight coloring of the bird's plumage is startlingly highlighted by the whiteness of the background and magnificently united with Barbiers' attention to detail in the depiction of the texture of the feathers.
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Barbiers, Pieter (Dutch, 1749-1842).
Study of a Black Parrot on a Tree Branch.
Watercolor on cream laid paper, triple ruled in black ink.
Ca. 1800-1805.
11 7/8" x 9 5/8" sheet; 15 13/16" x 13 3/4" framed.
A Superb Watercolor of a Parrot by One of the Master's of Nineteenth-century Ornithological Illustration
In this drawing of a black parrot, the painter's remarkable eye for the aesthetically beautiful is combined with a scientific attention to detail. The midnight coloring of the bird's plumage is startlingly highlighted by the whiteness of the background and magnificently united with Barbiers' attention to detail in the depiction of the texture of the feathers.
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