Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Curios launched in 1866

launched in 1866

Clearly the larger composition was more than likely of a more considerable size

There is some pastel lacking to the corners and the picture is signed but sadly it is too smudged to be discernable

this amputation saw cut through the bone

The silk is dirty in places

Mid 19thC Italian School in The Manner of Peter Casteels; A Botanical Study of Birds, Flowers & Butterflies sub-Curios launched in 1866Origin: Italian Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1844 Height: 17 inches Width: 22 inches In Frame: 23. 75 x 19. 75 inches The pen, ink and watercolour botanical study depicting thirty eight species of birds, flowers and butterflies centred around a large lobed urn with denoted key under giving the Latin names of each specimen, the whole dated Luglio 1844 (July 1844) bottom right, survives from mid nineteenth century Italy