Eclectic | London
Eclectic | London
ALOYS ZÖTL | A BEARDED VULTURE
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May 18, 01:49 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
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ALOYS ZÖTL
Freistadt 1803 - 1887 Eferding
A BEARDED VULTURE
Watercolour over pencil;
signed and dated in brown ink, lower right: Aloys Zötl am 16. Jänner 1848 and inscribed below the branch: Vogël und Botanik / Taf.
extensively inscribed in brown ink, lower centre: Der Bartgeier, Lämmergeier. Vultur bar. / batus. Grösse: 4 bis 5 Fuss, Flugweite 10 Fuss.- / Aufenthalt: nahe der Schneegränze in den Hochge, / birgen Mitteleuropas, Hochasiens und Afrikas, in den Py, / renäen, Schweizer und Tyroleralpen, bis jenseites des / Himalaya berges, und südlich bis zum Kuffernlan, / de.
550 by 450 mm
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Unidentified collector's mark, verso (not in Lugt)
Very little is known about Aloys Zötl’s life. He was born in Freistadt in Upper Austria and followed in his father’s professional footsteps, becoming a master dyer. When Zötl married he moved to the village of Eferding, approximately forty kilometres from Freistadt and he is thought never to have travelled far from home, far less abroad. As the majority of his watercolours feature exotic animals and sea creatures, it is assumed he was inspired by the large collection of published works of zoology, natural history, ethnography and travel that he owned in his extensive library.