Still Life with Game Birds

c. 1749/1774

Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak after William Gowe Ferguson

Associated Names
Pieter Anthony Wakkerdak

Artist, Dutch, 1729 - 1774

William Gowe Ferguson

Artist After, English, 1632/1633 - c. 1690

The image shows several dead birds. One large bird with white feathers and outstretched wings lies on a stone ledge. A smaller bird hangs upside down from a string. The overall color palette is monochromatic, with shades of black, white, and gray dominating the image.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 22.9 x 17.5 cm (9 x 6 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 27.4 x 22.3 cm (10 13/16 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1988.11.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wurzbach 1906, no. 10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

partial (unidentified)

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederlandisches Kunstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Vienna, 1906-1911.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: W. Ferguson,Pinx.; lower right in plate: P.A.Wakkerdak, Fecit & Excudit.

Wikidata ID

Q74877791

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