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Description: | Signed: yes Description: No less talented than his brother Isidore, Édouard Pils tragically died at the age of 27. This still life of a dead game-bird shows his skilled brushwork in the delicate portrayal of its plumage. Hanging by its left foot, the head and body are supported by a surface covered in red cloth and the wings have fallen open to reveal their patterning. Shadows showing through the surface reveal that this work was painted on top of another. It is possible to make out a full length inverted study of a nude man, his feet coinciding with the bird's left foot. | Subjects: | bittern); still life; figure animal (bird | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Pils, Edouard-Aimé (French artist 1823-1850) Æ Attributed to Previously attributed to Pils, Isidore Alexandre Augustin (French painter, 1813-1875) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8958... | Go to resource |
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