A charming hand tinted restrike etching of a duck. The original plate features in the publication 'Storia Naturale Degli Uccelli' or 'The Natural History of the Birds', a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolour paintings by Manetti. The book was originally published from 1767-1776.
Inscribed within the plate to the lower edge 'Domestic duck with curved beak - To Her Royal Archduchess Anna of Austria DLXV'. Unsigned. Presented in a simple wooden frame.
On laid.The condition is typical for a picture of this age including some discolouration. There is light foxing. The plate is work showing that this etching is either a late strike or a restrike.
46 x 34.5cm (18.1" x 13.6")Framed Size: 50.5 x 39cm (19.9" x 15.4")
Manetti was born in Brozzi to Giovanni Bernardo and Maria Teresa Nesiscolt of Prague. His early studies were in Florence and later at Pisa where he studied botany under Pier Antonio Micheli. He graduated in medicine in 1745 and worked in Florence. In 1758 he joined the National Medical College where he studied anatomy under Antonio Cocchi (1695-1758), conducting the autopsy of Cocchi.[1] Manetti was Professor of Botany of the "Società Botanica Fiorentina", a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, a Fellow of the Royal Society, learned societies in Göttingen and Montpellier, an Accademico dell'Istituto di Bologna and he maintained scientific contacts with the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and with the main scientific circles of the second half of the 18th century. He was supervisor of the Orto Botanico di Firenze in Florence from 1749 to 1782 succeeding to Giovanni Targioni Tozzetti and Secretary of the Accademia dei Georgofili. With remarkable organizational effort, he secured the publication of Storia naturale degli uccelli, Natural History of the birds, a monumental work in five volumes illustrated with 600 hand-coloured engravings based on watercolor paintings. The book was commissioned by Maria Luisa, Grand duchess of Tuscany and the first volume was dedicated to Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo.
| SKU | ry014 |
|---|---|
| Artist | Saverio Manetti (1723-1785) |
| Date | 19th Century |
| Dimensions | 46 x 34.5cm |
| Medium | Etching |
| Style | Realism |
| Subject | Birds |
| Item Returns | This item can be returned |
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