DETLEF HARTWIG ZANDER (1763 1837)

DETLEF HARTWIG ZANDER (1763 1837)
Bird
studies Ink and watercolour
Signed "D.H. Zander delin" bottom left

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This beautiful set of drawings created by the German artist Detlef Hartwig Zander between 1790 and 1800 is very representative of his production. These works in ink and watercolour are part of a large series of 112 preparatory drawings for engravings illustrating ornithological subjects.
Each drawing is made in ink and watercolour on paper and is captioned in German, Latin and French, as well as numbered and signed.

Bird study: Red Shrike
19,9 x 12,3 cm

Bird study: Little Sparrowhawk
14 x 20,7 cm

Bird study: White-tailed
Eagle 20,5 x 13,5 cm Bird

study: Woodpecker
19.2 x 11.6 cm Bird

study: Crested Kinglet
19.7 x 12 cm Bird

study: Indian
Buzzard 13.2 x 21 cm Bird

study: Greenland Dove
21 x 14 cm Bird

study: Cormorant
21,5 x 14 cm Bird

study: Fishing
falcon 13,5 x 21 cm Bird

study: Pigeon
hawk 13,5 x 20,5 cm

Bird study: Scissorbill
19 x 12 cm Bird

study: Goose
21 x 13,7 cm

Bird study: Indian
Cuckoo 19,3 x 12,5 cm Bird

study: Kingfisher
19 x 12,3 cm Bird

study: Great Lark
20 x 12 cm Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.