Live Auction 8029Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours
Attributed to Christophe Huet (Pontoise 1700-1759 Paris)
Lot 86

Attributed to Christophe Huet (Pontoise 1700-1759 Paris)

Two green woodpeckers (Picus viridis)

Closed5 July 2011

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GBP 13,750

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Attributed to Christophe Huet (Pontoise 1700-1759 Paris)
Two green woodpeckers (Picus viridis)
black chalk, bodycolour
10¼ x 14 3/8 in. (26 x 36.5 cm.)

Specialist note

The same species of bird is represented in another bodycolour study by Huet, similar in style and technique, which was with Laura Pecheur, Paris (Dessins Anciens: Dessins Modernes, Spring 2011, no. 4).