Netherlandish School
16th century
Duck, Possibly "Anas Querquedula," the Male Garganey
Silhouetted (height of duck, 5 1/8 inches [130 mm]) and adhered to sheet measuring 7 3/16 x 10 3/16 inches (183 x 258 mm); this sheet in turn mounted on album leaf measuring 8 3/8 x 10 5/8 inches (214 x 269 mm).
Watercolor and white opaque watercolor over black chalk, on paper; the large mound on which the duck stands is in watercolor on the smaller sheet.
1980.33
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr. in memory of Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: none visible through lining.
Leaf from an album dismembered in 1952 containing bird and animal studies, traditionally said to have been presented to Emperor Charles V in 1552.
Leaf from an album dismembered in 1952 containing bird and animal studies, traditionally said to have been presented to Emperor Charles V in 1552.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower center of album leaf, in brown ink, "Pato" (Spanish for "drake"). Numbered on verso, in graphite, "1 38-19=310 P"; stamp of Paris customs in blue.
Associated names
Lombard, Lambert, 1506-1566, Formerly attributed to.
Anonymous, German School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, former owner.
Férault, Charles, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K., Jr., Mrs., donor.
Anonymous, German School, 16th cent., Formerly attributed to.
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558, former owner.
Férault, Charles, former owner.
Thorne, Landon K., Jr., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Stampfle, Felice, with the assistance of Ruth S. Kraemer and Jane Shoaf Turner. Netherlandish Drawings of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries and Flemish Drawings of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1991, p. 14, no. 22, repr.
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 191 (Flemish or German School)
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Nineteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978-1980. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981, p. 191 (Flemish or German School)
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