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Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina)
Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt [rejected attribution], 1596 - 1610
De Boodt probably assembled his ‘three large books’ as follows: one for plants, one for animals and one for birds. The latter was apparently damaged (many of the bird studies have a loss at one corner), which may have prompted the 19th-century remounting campaign. Here the lower right corner is missing, but this pavo sine cauda chinensis (literally: ‘peacock without Chinese tail’) – with its gold, feathered ‘crown’ – remained unaffected.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-5-62
- Dimensionsheight 262 mm x width 176 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren over potlood of zwart krijt, gehoogd met witte dekverf, handschrift in pen in bruin