Madame Knip (Pauline Rifer DE Courcelles) (French, 1781-1851), White-naped Woodpecker
Madame Knip (Pauline Rifer DE Courcelles) (French, 1781-1851)
White-naped Woodpecker (male)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Paper size: 17 1/4 x 12 in.
Frame size: 21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.
Provenance: The library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven
The Fairhaven inventories attribute this very fine unsigned drawing to Pauline Knip. This watercolor is the male identified by the red crown; females have a yellow crown. This woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) is a woodpecker that is a widespread but scarce in the Indian Subcontinent.
White-naped Woodpecker (male)
Watercolor and gouache on paper
Paper size: 17 1/4 x 12 in.
Frame size: 21 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.
Provenance: The library of Henry Rogers Broughton, 2nd Baron Fairhaven
The Fairhaven inventories attribute this very fine unsigned drawing to Pauline Knip. This watercolor is the male identified by the red crown; females have a yellow crown. This woodpecker (Chrysocolaptes festivus) is a woodpecker that is a widespread but scarce in the Indian Subcontinent.
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