Francis Barlow

Illustration number 1001213571
Dimensions: 650x566 pixels
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Object information

Date Exact or approximate dating of the described art work; the search parameters adopted for this art work in this database, are found in brackets.: c. 1650-1655 (1650 - 1655)

a similar subject was etched by Barlow as the title-page of Sir William Denny, Pelicanicidium, 1653 (Croft-Murray/Hulton 1960)

Subject

Title Title of the art-work in Dutch: Een pelikaan voedt haar jongen
English title: A pelican in her piety; feeding young
Genre: undetermined
Keywords: animal painting (genre), great white pelican, chick, feeding, blood
Iconclass code Iconclass codes and text contain specific scenes and names. An Iconclass code or notation is a code from the multi-lingual Iconclass system for subject retrieval. For more information about this system, see www.iconclass.nl.: 11M33
Charity, 'Caritas'; 'Carità' (Ripa) ~ one of the Three Theological Virtues

Provenance

Collection(s): British Museum, London (England) , inv./cat.nr 1858,0626.408
1858 -

Exhibitions and literature

Literature

Croft-Murray/Hulton 1960 , vol. 1, p. 99, no. 4
Bergvelt/Jonker 2016 , p. 24, under DPG425 (attributed to Francis Barlow; RKD, no. 270132)

N. Flis, ‘The Drawings of Francis Barlow: From Apprenticeship to Aesop’s Fables, 1648-66,’ Master Drawings 49 (2011), p. 508–509, 530 (n. 93), fig. 53
M. Jonker and E. Bergvelt, Catalogue of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Dutch, Flemish and German Schools, with addenda to the British School, published online on 18 March 2021, under DPG425 (attributed to Francis Barlow; RKD, no. 270132), Related works, no. 2

Visual documentation

Visual documentation

Location image Location of the image in the visual documentation.

External links: this artwork in British Museum
in Bergvelt/Jonker 2021
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Creation date: 2015-12-23; Last modified date: 2022-09-19

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