Signed
lower left: hüet
Watercolour
heightened with bodycolour
373
x 234 mm., 14 ½ x 9 ¼ in.
Private Collection, UK
Engraved
For
Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées
d’Oiseaux, published 1838, pl. 283
The
Golden-Whiskered Barbet is found in tropical forests in Malaysia.
Huet’s
father Jean-Baptiste and grandfather Nicolas Huet the Elder were both artists
specialising in animal and bird paintings. He visited Egypt on Napoleon’s
scientific and artistic expeditions between 1798 and 1801 and exhibited at the
Salon for the first time in 1802. In 1804, he was appointed Painter to the
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle and to the menagerie of the Empress Josephine. The
museum owns a series of 246 drawings on vellum of animals, birds, insects and
sea life which were published as engravings in 1808. He exhibited at the Salon
until 1827 and produced work for many aristocratic collectors.
Signed
lower left: hüet and inscribed: présageur (adulte.)
Watercolour
heightened with bodycolour
Sheet
373 x 235 mm., 14 ½ x 9 ¼ in.
Provenance
Private
Collection, UK
Engraved
For
Nouveau Recueil de Planches coloriées
d’Oiseaux, published 1838, pl. 290
The
Channel-Billed Cuckoo is a type of Cuckoo found in Indonesia, New Guinea and
Australia.
Signed
lower left: hüet
Watercolour
heightened with bodycolour
273
x 235 mm., 10 ¾ x 9 ¼ in.
Provenance
Private
Collection, UK
Huet’s
father Jean-Baptiste and grandfather Nicolas Huet the Elder were both artists
specialising in animal and bird paintings. He visited Egypt on Napoleon’s
scientific and artistic expeditions between 1798 and 1801 and exhibited at the
Salon for the first time in 1802. In 1804, he was appointed Painter to the
Musée d’Histoire Naturelle and to the menagerie of the Empress Josephine. The
museum owns a series of 246 drawings on vellum of animals, birds, insects and
sea life which were published as engravings in 1808. He exhibited at the Salon
until 1827 and produced work for many aristocratic collectors.