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Ducks on a line
Image Not Available for Ducks on a line

Ducks on a line

Artist Unknown
Date19th to 20th Century
MediumSepia toned photograph
Dimensions2 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (6.4 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Peter J. Cohen
Object number2023.19.281
On View
Not on view
DescriptionThirty or more dead ducks strung up on a line outside of a wooden structure. Shadows of two figures emerge from lower foreground.
ProvenancePeter J. Cohen [sourced from flea markets and online commerce sites like e-Bay (1990s to present)] to CMA (2023)
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Late 18th or early 19th century
Image scanned/or photographed from transparency and color corrected by Pat Cagney.
Pietro della Vecchia
17th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
late 18th century-early 19th century
Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino)
ca. 1625-26
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Nicolas de Largillière
ca. 1686
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Jean Morin
17th century