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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
Oo,11.252
Description
Peacocks and fowl in a landscape; with a turkey at centre, two birds at the base of a tree on a mound behind, landscape with a round tower beyond a fence at l Pen and brown ink, with grey-brown wash
Producer name
Attributed to:
Jean de La Chambre
Formerly attributed to:
Anthonie van Borssom
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1663-1685
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
263 millimetres
Width:
200 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
In Hind as Anthonie van Borssom. See his discussion of the inscription, and M. Royalton-Kisch, 'Fowl play? From van Borssom to Quina and La Chambre', Master Drawings, 1998, 1, pp.49-50, fig. 9 and note 23 (attributes to La Chambre).
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(24)
(As by Anthonie van Borssom.)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
bird
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
Richard Payne Knight
Acquisition date
1824
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
Oo,11.252
Conservation
Treatment
: 18 Jan 2010