An Italianate Garden with a Parrot, a Poodle, and a Man

1730s

Isaac de Moucheron

Associated Names
Isaac de Moucheron

Artist, Dutch, 1667 - 1744

The image depicts a view through a stone frame into an ornate garden scene. Two large columns stand on either side, with detailed urns atop pedestals beside each column. A red parrot perches on the urn to the right. A figure reclines on the stone ledge, gazing towards the garden. The garden features an elaborate fountain with sculpted figures and water jets. Lush green trees provide a backdrop, with a majestic building to the left. The color palette includes earthy browns, deep greens, sky blues, red, and purple tones.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William Schab Gallery, New York); (sale, New York, Sotheby's, 30 April 1982, lot 57); (purchased by Paul McCarron, New York); purchased by NGA, 1987.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900, NGA, 1990, no. 64, repro.

1998

  • Fountains: Splash and Spectacle, Water and Design from the Renaissance to the Present, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, 1998.

Bibliography

1968

  • Great Old Master Prints & Drawings 1500-1800 from Distinguished Collections William H. Schab Gallery, New York, n.d. (Catalogue 42 [1975]): 129, no. 156 (reproduced in color).

1983

  • McCarron cat.6 (1983), no. 33

1990

  • Clayton, Virginia Tuttle. Gardens on Paper: Prints and Drawings, 1200-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1990: 64.

Watermarks

Coat of arms with fleur-de-lis

Wikidata ID

Q64574970

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