Pedrix rubra, The Red-Legged Partridge
1601 to 1650
Medium
etching on laid paper
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1948.11.107
Art Historical Context
In the tranquil world of 17th Flemish art, Albert Flamen's *Pedrix rubra, The Red-Legged Partridge* (ca. 1601–1650) captures the delicate beauty of nature through the precise medium of etching on laid paper. Flamen a skilled Antwerp-based artist, was renowned for his meticulous depictions of birds and animals, scientific observation with artistic finesse. This print, part of the National Gallery of Art'swald Collection, exemplifies his contribution to the burgeoning interest in natural history during the Baroque era, when artists like him bridged art and early ornithological studies. Etching ...