Artwork
Avian Album
Sign in to save18th century — Parchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
Artwork · Harvard Art Museums
Drawings- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
- Date
- 18th century
- Culture
- French
- Period
- 18th century
- Medium
- Parchment covered album with 96 bird studies executed in black ink and watercolor on 83 leaves of off-white antique laid paper (43 x 34.5 cm.). Some drawings have been pasted into the album, others were drawn directly on the album leaves.
- Dimensions
- 44 x 35 x 5 cm (17 5/16 x 13 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Department
- Department of Drawings
- Credit
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Anonymous Gift