Title
A Perch of Birds, c1880. Creator: Hector Giacomelli.
Caption
A Perch of Birds, c1880. Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, "Un bâton de cage." Another variation of this composition in the Lucas Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art is inscribed: "Giacomelli a Mr. Lucas affecteux souvenir d'une aquarelle." Henri Beraldi wrote of this artist, "Giacomelli is the Van Huysum [Jan Van Huysum, 1682-1749, Dutch flower-painter] of tiny birds, tender and ravishing, which give the impression of being pensive. The bird is to Giacomelli what the cat is to Lambert [Louis-Eugène Lambert, 1825-1900, French painter who specialized in cat subjects]. A respectable bird must be a Giacomelli bird; A non-Giacomelli bird is a false bird," (H. Beraldi, "Les Graveurs du XIXE siècle," Paris, 1885-92, 7:105).
Date
Jan 01, 0001
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Reference
HRM23B21_411
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
22,9Mb (853,1Kb) / 16,5in x 5,4in / 4960 x 1611 (300dpi)