A Great Crested Grebe
1740
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1740
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A Great Crested Grebe is a 1740 watercolor by Charles Collins, a Baroque work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting features a bird standing on a wooden surface, facing right. The bird's body is predominantly gray, with a white chest and black wings. Its head is black, with a distinctive red eye and yellow beak. The bird's feet are black, with webbed toes. The bird appears to be a waterbird, possibly a grebe, given its webbed feet and streamlined body. The painting's style is characteristic of the Baroque period, with attention to detail and realism. The painting is held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. If you're interested in learning more about the artist's use of chiaroscuro, impasto, and sfumato techniques, you might want to look up the movement: Baroque.
A watercolour drawing by Charles Collins from 1740 depicts a great crested grebe, marked with the artist's signature and date.
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Charles Collins (c. 1680 – 1744) was an Irish painter. Collins was primarily a painter of animals and still life. He was one of the first still life artists in Britain of great quality, following the tradition of…
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