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1673 Geese, Nicolas Robert (b.1614), ornithology, large folio etching in hand colour

1673 Geese, Nicolas Robert (b.1614), ornithology, large folio etching in hand colour

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Anser; Oye.

Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685)

Issued in the scarce work: Diverses oyseaux dessignées et gravées d'apres le naturel. Paris, F. Pilly, (1673).

Sheet: 36.5 x 24 cm.

Later hand colour.

Nissen, IVB 787; Ronsil 2599; see Bradley Martin 1837.

17th-century ornithological engraving from the greatest natural history artist of his age.

Nicolas Robert (18 April 1614 – 25 March 1685) was a French miniaturist and engraver. He was born in Langres and died in Paris.

The composition of this engraving shows a significant improvement on the vélins that Robert produced for the French King: the subjects are shown within a fully-realised landscape giving it a vivacity that is often lacking from ornithological work where only a single bird or pose is shown.

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