. English: Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, 'Un bâton de cage.' Another variation of this composition in the Lucas Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art is inscribed: 'Giacomelli a Mr. Lucas affecteux souvenir d'une aquarelle.' Henri Beraldi wrote of this artist, 'Giacomelli is the Van Huysum [Jan Van Huysum, 1682-1749, Dutch flower-painter] of tiny birds, tender and ravishing, which give the impression of being pensive. The bird is to Giacomelli what the cat is to Lambert [Loui
. English: Twenty-four finches, varying in pose and color, are perched in a row. This watercolor is a variant of one of the artist's most popular subjects, 'Un bâton de cage.' Another variation of this composition in the Lucas Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art is inscribed: 'Giacomelli a Mr. Lucas affecteux souvenir d'une aquarelle.' Henri Beraldi wrote of this artist, 'Giacomelli is the Van Huysum [Jan Van Huysum, 1682-1749, Dutch flower-painter] of tiny birds, tender and ravishing, which give the impression of being pensive. The bird is to Giacomelli what the cat is to Lambert [Louis-Eugène Lambert, 1825-1900, French painter who specialized in cat subjects]. A respectable bird must be a Giacomelli bird; A non-Giacomelli bird is a false bird,' (H. Beraldi, 'Les Graveurs du XIXE siècle,' Paris, 1885-92, 7:105). A Perch of Birds. circa 1880s. Hector Giacomelli - A Perch of Birds - Walters 37963 - Front Mark
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