Skeleton of a Heron

1620-1621

Teodoro Filippo di Liagno, called Napoletano

Associated Names
Teodoro Filippo di Liagno

Artist, Italian, 1589 - 1629

This is a print of a bird skeleton standing upright, with the wings slightly raised. The detailed rendering highlights individual bones and joints, including as the skull, which is turned to the left, the spine, and the rib cage. Near the bottom right corner, there is a small section of text. The background is off-white paper, and the print is surrounded by a thin rectangular border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Funds from Virginia Mars

  • Dimensions

    plate: 14.6 × 9.2 cm (5 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 × 11.4 cm (6 7/8 × 4 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.5.14

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chiarini, no. 428

  • Series Title

    Animal Skeletons

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone, Inc., South Dartmouth, MA); NGA purchase, 2023.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2025

  • Little Beasts: Art Wonder and the Natural World, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2025.

Bibliography

2007

  • Chiarini, Marco. Teodoro Filippo di Liagno detto Filippo Napoletano, 1589-1629: Vite e opere. Florence: Centro Di, 2007, no. 428.

Inscriptions

in plate, in image at lower right: ARDEA piscatrix / avis est, praenuncia / Venti, Et pluviae, ac / hyemis, cum querulo / ore sonat; in plate, at bottom right: F; bottom right corner of sheet, in pen and ink by a later hand: 22

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