Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, ItalianFormerly attributed to James Bruce, 1730–1794, British
Title:
Aspis cornutus (Horned Viper or Cerastes)
Date:
1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 3/4 inches (30.2 × 24.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper left: "Cerastes No 1 | to be engraved as it stands"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.8926
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
animal art
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Publications:
James Bruce, Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773 , Edinburgh, 1790, p. 198-210 (vol. 5), DT377 B88 1790+ Oversize (YCBA Rare Books)Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p.80, cat. no. 63, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)