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Avium Vivae Icones (Living images of birds)

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Avium Vivae Icones (Living images of birds)

Adriaen Collaert

Date
c. 1600
Medium
bound volume with 32 engraved plates (including title page)
Dimensions
page size: 17.1 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.)
Classification
Volume
Accession number
1993.32.1
Credit line
Gift of The Circle of the National Gallery of Art
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • bird
  • animal
  • Flemish
Provenance

Antiquariaat Junk B.V., Amsterdam; purchased 1993 by NGA.

Inscription

by later hand, on front endpaper in graphite: "Vogels von Diverse Plummage" / no.17 + 18 p.30 etc. / published c. 1600 and 1580, two series of which / the first one is unnumbered and bound at the / end. except the title page which opens the book. / [LD?]

Watermarks

IP

NGA object ID 80457. 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.