An inscription on the verso tells us that the bird is shown life size
and that the drawing came from the collection of Martin Hulle (1735-
1796), formerly a representative of the Dutch East India Company
in Canton (1758-1767), who settled in The Hague on his return to
the Netherlands. He brought a collection of ‘Chinese curiosities’
back with him. This pheasant had a very local range in Southeast
Asia and Sumatra.
Specifications
| Title | Crested Argus |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pencil, brush and grey ink, watercolour and bodycolour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 397 mm Height 265 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Aert Schouman
|
| Accession number | MB 1611 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in 1769 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Prentenkabinet: Vogels van diverse pluimage (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Koninklijk Paradijs. Aert Schouman en de verbeelding van de natuur (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
