Pieter Holsteijn the Elder (circa 1580-1662)

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Pieter Holsteijn the Elder (circa 1580-1662)

A White-Eared Puffbird

signed with a monogram 'PH.fe.'; watercolour and bodycolour
178 x 219 mm.

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Mrs. F.E. Warr kindly identified the bird. Although South American Puffbirds have longer tails than the specimen in this drawing this may be due to the fact that Holsteijn was studying a captive bird or a stuffed one which had lost these feathers

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