jacques barraband bird prints
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Chicago Field Museum Limited EditionTRANSCRIPT
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Jacques Barraband (1767-1809)
Jacques Barraband emerged as one of the worlds most revered ornithological
engravers in France during the 18th century “Age of Enlightenment”. Napoleon
Bonaparte commissioned a large series of Barraband’s bird and flower
illustrations. Barraband also produced many of his most well known
illustrations for the naturalist Francois Le Vaillant’s scientific studies on parrots
(perroquets), birds of paradise (oiseaux de paradis), rollers (rolliers), toucans
(toucans), and other exotic birds.
Barraband’s prints of birds remain among the most life-like and represent a high
point in the history of ornithological art. Barraband collaborated with Louis
Bouquet and Langlois to create the engravings used to make his luminous prints.
Each engraving plate was inked “a la poupée” (a process in which several of the
same plates are applied with different ink colors and carefully applied one over
the other then pulled from the press.) Barraband – known for his brilliant
rendering skills – finished each print by adding all tonalities and shading by
hand.
The Chicago Field Museum produced an exclusive limited edition collection of
Baraband’s bird prints. We are thrilled to offer a beautiful selection of
Barraband's most important images from this first edition Field Museum
Collection. Every print is hand embossed with The Field Museum logo (and that
of Oppenheimer Editions, the publisher, and also numbered and stamped with
the signature of the president of the Museum. Each actual-size print is on
Hahnemühle acid-free, cotton rag fine art paper imported from Germany.
Dimensions: Range between 14”x21.5” and 12”x21.5”
Price Range: $400-$800
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