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.

拍品專文

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