Birds, other animals and natural curiosities
By: Henrietta McBurney, Ian Rolfe, Caterina Napoleone and Paula Findlen ; with Carlo Violani [and five others]
Contributors: Rolfe, Ian, author; Napoleone, Caterina, author; Findlen, Paula, author; Violani, Carlo, 1946- author
Series: The Paper Museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo. Series B, Natural history -- 4/5; Paper museum of Cassiano dal Pozzo -- pt. 4, 5.
Publisher: Royal Collection Trust in association with Harvey Miller Publishers
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 927
ISBN-13: 9781909400610; 9781909400627
Subjects: Catalogs; Natural history collections; Art collections; Catalogues; Collections d'art; European Prints; Birds in art; Natural history illustration; Illustration en sciences naturelles; Dessin italien
Description: This catalogue brings together some of the finest natural history drawings executed for Cassiano, including 251 coloured drawings of fauna, and 63 of gems, marbles, fossils and other natural curiosities. Cassiano had a particular interest in ornithology, and birds are thus the best-represented members of the animal kingdom in this group, with more than 200 drawings of both native and exotic species. Other drawings of fauna catalogued here include mammals, fishes and crustaceans. Like the bird drawings, many are drawn with painstaking attention to detail and scale, a complete specimen drawn on a reduced scale to fit the sheet, with anatomical details depicted life size. The drawings of mineral specimens and other natural curiosities depict the sort of item commonly found in seventeenth-century collectors' cabinets: gemstones, bezoars, marbles, corals, 'Lucifer' stones, fossils, exotic seeds and beans, as well as scientific instruments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Volume 1. [Part 4] Birds; title: vol. 2 [part 5] Other animals and natural curiosities.