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A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Bird Perched on a Branch with Fruit

Andrea Mantegna

Date
1460s (?)
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 10.5 × 11.5 cm (4 1/8 × 4 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1976.33.1
Credit line
Andrew W. Mellon Fund
Time span
1401 to 1500
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • bird
  • animal
  • Paduan
  • Renaissance
Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, Senior [1665-1745], London (Lugt 2183); Thomas Philipe [d. c. 1817], London; sold 1808 to William Roscoe [1753-1831], Liverpool; Winstanley, Liverpool, 25 September 1816, 298; William Dyce [1806-1864], Edinburgh and London; John Charles Robinson [1824-1913], London (Lugt 1433); sold c. 1860 to John Malcolm [1805-1893], Poltalloch; given before 1876 to A.E. Gathrone-Hardy [1845-1918], Newbury; by descent; Sotheby's London, 28 April 1976, 7; purchased (via Colnaghi's) by NGA.

Watermarks

a feline (lion/tiger/cat?), closest to Briquet 3550/3551 (Gelderland 1400/Ghent 1403)

NGA object ID 55802. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.