Nicolaes de BRUYN
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

Measurements
7.8 × 12.4 cm (image) 8.2 × 12.4 cm (sheet, trimmed to platemark)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

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

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest

Subjects (general)
Animals

Subjects (specific)
animal art bird (animal) peacock (bird) pigeons (general term) turkey (genus)