Heron and Two Quails | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: M24228
People: Gabriel Huquier, French (Orleans 1695 - 1772 Paris)
After Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French (Paris 1686 - 1755 Beauvais)
Title: Heron and Two Quails
Other Titles: Alternate Title: Still Life with a Dead Bittern
Series/Book Title: Réceuil de Dessus de Porte inventés par un des plus habiles maîtres
Classification: Prints
Work Type: print
Date: c. 1737
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/190654

Physical Descriptions

Technique: Etching
Dimensions: Image: 17 × 22 cm (6 11/16 × 8 11/16 in.)
Plate: 18.8 × 25.5 cm (7 3/8 × 10 1/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.1 × 33 cm (9 1/2 × 13 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Christopher Mendez, London], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1995, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1999

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: IFF, vol. XI, no. 1372-1377, p. 510

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mariot Fraser Solomon
Accession Year: 1999
Object Number: M24228
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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