A Perch of Birds

ca. 1880

48.4 cm 17.8 cm

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Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, "Un bâton de cage." Another variation of this composition in the Lucas Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art is inscribed: "Giac...

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Purchased by William T. Walters (through George A. Lucas as agent), Baltimore, March 21, 1884 [1]; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] The Diary of George A. Lucas, p. 583.
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