Lot Essay
(8) Illustrated in plate I, p. 132.
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Head of a grey wolf; Head of a brown wolf; Head of an anteater; Head of a marmot; A hedgehog; Head of hare; A still-life with two stoats, a weasel, a marten, a ferret, a mole and a crab, with a study of a weasel chasing a hare; and A still-life with a shrew, a vole and a mouse
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Head of a grey wolf; Head of a brown wolf; Head of an anteater; Head of a marmot; A hedgehog; Head of hare; A still-life with two stoats, a weasel, a marten, a ferret, a mole and a crab, with a study of a weasel chasing a hare; and A still-life with a shrew, a vole and a mouse
black chalk (5-6); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolor, heightened with white (1,2 & 7), watermarks encircled wreath with crowned GR (2,4), Pro Patria (3), JHONIG /AND/ZOONEN and beehive (6), and Posthorn (7), and milled paper (6), in contemporary mounts (1-5)
9 1/8 x 12 in. (231 x 302 mm.); 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (202 x 287 mm.); 9 1/8 x 11¾ in. (231 x 300 mm.); 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (231 x 307 mm.); 7 x 9 5/8 in. (193 x 243 mm.); 6¾ x 9 5/8 in. (170 x 243 mm.); 17¼ x 13¼ in. (436 x 338 mm.); 9 x 7¼ in. (230 x 185 mm.); and four drawings including two drawings of A racoon; A drawing of a marmot and a vole; and A drawing of a vole, preparatory to (8) (12)
black chalk (5-6); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, watercolor, heightened with white (1,2 & 7), watermarks encircled wreath with crowned GR (2,4), Pro Patria (3), JHONIG /AND/ZOONEN and beehive (6), and Posthorn (7), and milled paper (6), in contemporary mounts (1-5)
9 1/8 x 12 in. (231 x 302 mm.); 7 7/8 x 11 3/8 in. (202 x 287 mm.); 9 1/8 x 11¾ in. (231 x 300 mm.); 9 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (231 x 307 mm.); 7 x 9 5/8 in. (193 x 243 mm.); 6¾ x 9 5/8 in. (170 x 243 mm.); 17¼ x 13¼ in. (436 x 338 mm.); 9 x 7¼ in. (230 x 185 mm.); and four drawings including two drawings of A racoon; A drawing of a marmot and a vole; and A drawing of a vole, preparatory to (8) (12)
Engraved
(6) In reverse by the artist for plate 10 of the Têtes de différents animaux..., Naples, 1796 (Andresen 117)