Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth Unsigned but in the manner

Unsigned but in the manner of Alvino Bagni's bulls for Bitossi

they are super satisfying as objects

Two eyes  were simply carved out

and love everything about this very long

with some wear and paint loss to the bottom of the paws

Murkwurdige Schlangen: Marvelous C. 1800 German Watercolor on Laid of Two Snakes nose and mouth Unsigned but in the mannerThis is not a hand colored engraving, it is an original, beautifully executed ink and watercolor drawing on watermarked laidone of four watercolors I purchased from a German seller, which appear all done by the same person, c. 1800. Photos do no justice to the real thing. I would guess they were the original drawings after which engravings were then made for a zoological volume. I find it, and all of them, extraordinarily beautiful, and their amazing