A Long-Tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) and a Red-Cowled Cardinal (Paroaria dominicana)

Title

A Long-Tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) and a Red-Cowled Cardinal (Paroaria dominicana)

Draughtsman

• Aert Schouman

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal, partially gone over with brush and gum (arabic?)

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• gouache painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• C & I HONIG

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 25F32(PARADISE WHYDAH) song-birds (PARADISE WHYDAH)
• 25F32(SPARROW) song-birds: sparrow
• 25G3(+225) trees (+ withered branch)