Collection: image collection of the municipality of haarlem. Inventory number: nl-hlmnha_1100_kna006002702. Type: drawing. Description: black grouse / [by] pieter holsteyn (i) (ca. 1585-1662) or pieter holsteyn (ii) (ca. 1614-1673), [1621-1673]. 1 drawing on paper: gouache; sheet 16 x 20 cm. Signed. Name of the bird on the verso in pencil. The latin name is: lyrurus tetrix. Signed: ph fe. , not dated. The drawing was originally in an album with birds, poultry, reptiles and mammals between gray sheets of filter paper, with a thin parchment band, on page 43. Provenance: the album was donated in 1888 by mr. A. J. Enschedé ("images of birds and animals. About 150 drawings in colors by pieter holsteijn. 17th century. In an old art book"). At the front of the album is the text: "1667. Den 10 maert in alles 160 counted". The collection was supplemented after 1888. Some drawings have traces of water damage. Literature: historical data about our former ornithologists and about the avifauna of the netherlands / [by] dr. G. A. Brouwer, pp. 160-161ca. 1650. Object name: black grouse. Manufacturer(s): holsteyn, pieter (i) (ca. 1585-1662) or holsteyn, pieter (ii) (ca. 1614-1673). Dating: 1640 - 1660. Dating of event: ca. 1650. Country: netherlands. Province: north holland. Copyright: no. Technique: drawing. Date: circa 1650.
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