6412B

The Vigilant Crane

Artist: Unidentified Neogranadine Artist
Title: The Vigilant Crane (COGITANTI VILESCUNT OM[NIA])
Date: 1625-1675
Medium: Wood lacquered with Pasto varnish (barniz de Pasto), i.e. wood coated with tinted membranes of mopa-mopa (Elaeagia pastoensis). Ornament on a side panel of a cabinet.
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England, United Kingdom.
Photo Source: Victoria and Albert Museum Website.
Correspondence Credit: Humphrey et al. 2020, 152.
Item: 6412B