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Gambetta ferruginea–Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)

1767–76
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Gambetta ferruginea–Calidris ferruginea (Curlew Sandpiper)
  • Series/Portfolio: Ornithologia methodice digesta, atque iconibus aeneis ad vivum illuminatis ornata, plate CDLXIX
  • Author: Related author Saverio Manetti (Italian, 1723–1785)
  • Artist: Lorenzo Lorenzi (Italian, active ca. 1750–80)
  • Artist: Violante Vanni (Italian, 1732–1776)
  • Publisher: Giuseppe Vanni (Italian, active Florence, 1770–82)
  • Date: 1767–76
  • Medium: Hand-colored etching and engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 13 9/16 × 10 7/8 in. (34.4 × 27.7 cm)
    Sheet: 18 1/16 × 14 1/4 in. (45.8 × 36.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Bella Mehler, 1953
  • Object Number: 53.666.6
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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