Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eurasian Tawny Owl (Strix aluco), Female, rufous variant
Object Number:
1889.10.3.39
Date:
c. 1554-1564
Medium:
Watercolor, gouache, black ink, and white lead pigment over traces of black chalk on ivory paper, formerly laid on an album page
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 13/16 x 11 1/4 in. (37.6 x 28.6 cm), irregular
Marks:
Inside 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
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper left: Chah huat motani femelle Aluco motanus foemina. / 56
Description:
Avian Study
Credit Line:
Gift of Nathaniel H. Bishop
Provenance:
The Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, England; John Cassin, Philadelphia, 1869; M.Thomas & Sons, Philadelphia, 1872; Nathaniel H. Bishop, Toms River, New Jersey
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.