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Two peacocks a turkey and a pigeon

Two peacocks a turkey and a pigeon
 (1594)
plate 6 from the Volatilium Varii Generis Effigies (or The Birds and winged creatures) series 1594

Medium
engraving
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
engraving
Measurements
7.8 × 12.4 cm (image) 8.2 × 12.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)
Place/s of Execution
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Catalogue/s Raisonné
New Hollstein 320 i/ii (copy in reverse); Wurzbach 69; Le Blanc 148; Hollstein IV.229
Edition
copy in reverse of 1st of 2 states
Printing/Publishing
published by Claesz Jansz. Visscher, Amsterdam
Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: NB (monogram). In. 6
Accession Number
1278.186-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Animals
Subjects (specific)
animal art bird (animal) peacock (bird) pigeons (general term) turkey (genus)

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