Dead Birds
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Dead Birds

TitleDead Birds
ArtistCount Giorgio Durante (Duranti)
Date1685–1755 17th century
MediumWatercolor over graphite; fragments of framing lines in pen and black ink at left and right edges
ClassificationDrawings
Holding institutionThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit lineGift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880
RightsPublic domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Ornithological plates

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“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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