Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Luigi Balugani, 1737–1770, Italian
Title:
Sphyrna zygaena (Hammer-headed Shark)
Date:
1765-1773
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 × 11 7/8 inches (40.6 × 30.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper right: "2"; inscribed on verso in pen and brown ink, upper left: "[?25] Hammer Fish"; lower center: "Hammer headed Shark Loheia"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.9129
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:
Scott Wilcox, Line of beauty : British drawings and watercolors of the eighteenth century, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2001, p. 62, cat. no. 62, NC228 W53 2001 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:15557