Birds, other animals and natural curiosities
by Paula Findlenx, Arthur MacGregor, Henrietta McBurney, Caterina Napoleone, and Ian Rolfe
This catalogue brings together some of the finest natural history drawings executed for Cassiano, including 251 coloured drawings of fauna, and 63 of gems, marbles, fossils and other natural curiosities. Cassiano had a particular interest in ornithology, and birds are thus the best-represented members of the animal kingdom in this group, with more than 200 drawings of both native and exotic species. Other drawings of fauna catalogued here include mammals, fishes and crustaceans. Like the bird drawings, many are drawn with painstaking attention to detail and scale, a complete specimen drawn on a reduced scale to fit the sheet, with anatomical details depicted life size. The drawings of mineral specimens and other natural curiosities depict the sort of item commonly found in seventeenth-century collectors' cabinets: gemstones, bezoars, marbles, corals, 'Lucifer' stones, fossils, exotic seeds and beans, as well as scientific instruments.
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Natural history, Birds in art, Drawing, italian, Drawing, catalogs, Natural history, pictorial works, Natural history collections, Catalogs, Art collections, Collections d'art, Catalogues, European Prints, Natural history illustration, Illustration en sciences naturelles, Dessin italien, Art, Private collections| Edition | Availability |
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Birds, other animals and natural curiosities
2017, Royal Collection Trust in association with Harvey Miller Publishers
in English
1909400610 9781909400610
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Birds, Other Animals and Natural Curiosities
Jan 19, 2017, Harvey Miller
hardcover
in English
1909400602 9781909400603
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