Floral Designs with Two Birds
| Title | Floral Designs with Two Birds |
|---|---|
| Artist | Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian) |
| Date | 1774 18th century |
| Medium | pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, gouache and watercolor, over traces of black chalk |
| Classification | Drawing |
| Origin | Italy, 18th century Italy |
| Holding institution | The Cleveland Museum of Art |
| Credit line | Floral Designs with Two Birds, 1774. Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian). Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, gouache and watercolor, over traces of black chalk; sheet: 31.7 x 22.8 cm (12 1/2 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1952.289 |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
About this artwork
“Floral Designs with Two Birds” is a work by Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian), dated 1774. It is executed in pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, gouache and watercolor, over traces of black chalk and classified as drawing. 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 Giacomo Cavenezia (Italian). Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.
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Catalogued as drawing. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to 1774. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.
The origin
Recorded origin: Italy, 18th century. Browse more public-domain art from Italy.
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Made available through the The Cleveland Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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