Heinrich Lihl (? 1690-1756 Rastatt)
Heinrich Lihl (? 1690-1756 Rastatt)

A pied wagtail and a grey wagtail by classical ruins on a forest floor; and Three wallcreepers by classical ruins on a forest floor

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Heinrich Lihl (? 1690-1756 Rastatt)
A pied wagtail and a grey wagtail by classical ruins on a forest floor; and Three wallcreepers by classical ruins on a forest floor
the former indistinctly signed or inscribed (lower right); the latter inscribed and dated 'diese vögel seind in Bademen Schloss gefangen worden 1747.' and indistinctly signed 'puch Lihl' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
15¾ x 20½ in. (40 x 52 cm.)
a pair (2)
來源
By descent at Schloss Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (inv. p. 284, nos. 75 & 80) to Markgrafen und Grossheröge von Baden; his sale, Sotheby's, Baden, 10 October 1995, lot 2382.
with Pyms Gallery, London.

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The depiction of wallcreepers is notable for the fact that they are an extremely elusive species, sighted only six times. Seeking out crevices in the cliff-face, into which it ensconces itself, it folds in its red wings so as to blend in with the greys of the rock. Their presence in a German painting would suggest that a few of these rarest of birds were kept in a distinguished eighteenth-century menagerie, possibly at Schloss Baden, Baden-Württemberg, where these pictures once hung.

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