Dead Birds
| Title | Dead Birds |
|---|---|
| Artist | Count Giorgio Durante (Duranti) |
| Date | 1685–1755 17th century |
| Medium | Watercolor over graphite; fragments of framing lines in pen and black ink at left and right edges |
| Classification | Drawings |
| Holding institution | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Dead Birds” is a work by Count Giorgio Durante (Duranti), dated 1685–1755. It is executed in watercolor over graphite; fragments of framing lines in pen and black ink at left and right edges and classified as drawings. In this archive it sits within the ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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This work is attributed to Count Giorgio Durante (Duranti). Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
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Dated to 1685–1755. Explore the wider set of works from the 17th century held in the archive.
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Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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