Name: Early 19th Century French Hand Colored Toucan Engravings by Barraband, Set of 5
Brand: Jacques Barraband
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Early 19th Century French Hand Colored Toucan Engravings by Barraband, Set of 5

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Decorate a study or office this colorful suite of antique toucan etchings by Jacques Barraband. Created in France circa 1801-1804, each drawing depicts a parrot resting on a branch. Titled "Le Toco #2", "Le Tocan #3", "Le Tocan a Collier Jaune #4", "Le Grand Toucan a Gorge Orange #5", and "Le Grand Toucan a Ventre Rouge #6", each bird etching has been professionally framed by Debra Stevens Custom Framing, and set in a contemporary black and silver frame with glass protection. The five hand painted plaques are in excellent condition commensurate with age and use, and adorn phenomenal details and wonderful colors. Jacques Barraband (1767-1809) was a French zoological and botanical illustrator, renowned for his lifelike renderings of tropical birds. His pictures were based on mounted specimens and his illustration was considered the most accurate ones made during the early 1800s Barraband's contribution to ornithological art, can hardly be understated, and he was and is justly celebrated as the finest ornithological artist of his time. Of his life relatively little is known; he was born in 1767 or 1768, the son of a weaver at the Aubusson Factory. He is first mentioned as a pupil of Joseph Malaine (1745-1809, the eminent flowers painter under King Louis XVI), and is known to have worked for the Gobelin Factory and later for the famous porcelain Factory at Sèvres. He executed decorative cycles after designs by Percier and Fontaine, most notably for the dining room commissioned by Emperor Napoleon for the Château de Saint-Cloud. We know that Empress Joséphine bought two of his gouaches of exotic birds at the Salon in 1808, and that she commissioned paintings of specimens in the hot-house and aviary that she had built at Malmaison. Drawings of flowers, insects and birds make up the greater part of Barraband's graphic work. His most important achievement was undoubtedly the series of more than 300 drawings in watercolor and gouache that he executed to illustrate François Levaillant's monumental works of Natural History, the Histoire naturelle des Perroquets, the Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux de Paradis and the Histoire Naturelle des Promérops. This vast undertaking is representative of the ambitions, optimism and academic vigor typical of publishing in France during the Napoleonic period. His drawings are so realistic that it is almost certain that he studied living specimens, some of which are now extinct, and achieved a level of scientific accuracy that has rarely been surpassed. In 1820, Henrich Kuhl commemorated Barraband's scientific and ornithological contribution by naming a newly discovered South American parrot 'Barraband's Parrot' (Psittacus barrabandi). Measures: 20" W x 23" H.

Creator:
Jacques Barraband (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 22 in (55.88 cm)Depth: 1.75 in (4.45 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 5
Materials and Techniques:
Glass,Paper,Engraved,Etched,Hand-Painted
Place of Origin:
France
Period:
Early 19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1801
Condition:
Wear consistent with age and use.
Seller Location:
Dallas, TX
Reference Number:
Seller: 221-1501stDibs: LU951227883902

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