This bird has two highly unusual features - as well as its huge
beak it has two toes in front and two behind, which Schouman
has depicted correctly. He probably drew the bird from a stuffed
specimen in one of the private bird collections. The landscape in
the background is not Dutch, but it is not tropical either. It could just
as well be a view of the Rhine in Germany.
Specifications
| Title | Toco Toucan |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Watercolour and bodycolour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 365 mm Width 263 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Aert Schouman
|
| Accession number | MB 1612 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1748 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Prentenkabinet: Vogels van diverse pluimage (2009) |
| External exhibitions |
Koninklijk Paradijs. Aert Schouman en de verbeelding van de natuur (2017) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
