Jean Théodore Descourtilz
1796-1855, French naturalist and artist
Jean Théodore Descourtilz was a naturalist and artist with a love for the wilds of Brazil.
Brilliant Birds of Brazil has 60 hand-coloured folio lithographs, most of them showing a single species. So few copies were made that he is thought to have coloured each plate himself.
The work
60 prints from one work. Every sheet is a Folio of 11½ × 17¾ in, from the originals in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
All 60 prints by Descourtilz
60 prints
Toucan Ariel
$165
Perroquet à Ventre bleu
$165
Psittacule Caica-Barraband
$165
Cabézon à Plastron noir
$165
Cabézon-Elégant
$165
Carouge Jamacaii
$165
Cassique Huppé
$165
Colibri-Topaze
$165
Colombe Cocotzin
$165
Coracine Ensanglantée
$165
Cotinga Cordon-bleu
$165
Cotinga Pacapaca
$165
Courlis Rouge
$165
Couroucou Oranga
$165
Couroucou Rosalba
$165
Céphaloptère-Orné
$165
Dacnis Bleu
$165
Daonis Spize
$165
Euphône Galot
$165
Euphône Téité
$165
Euphône à Bandeau
$165
Euphône à Diadême
$165
Euphône à Tête bleue
$165
Guit guit aux ailes variées
$165
Héliophile Taunay
$165
Jacamar Doré
$165
Manakin Militaire
$165
Manakin Tijé
$165
Manakin aux longues Pennes
$165
Manakin à Tête d’Or
$165
Moucherolle Rubin
$165
Oiseau Mouche Chatoyant
$165
Oiseau Mouche Hirondelle
$165
Oiseau Mouche Rubis Topaze
$165
Oiseau Mouche très petit
$165
Oiseau Mouche à Collier
$165
Oiseau Mouche à deux Huppes
$165
Pardalote Couronné
$165
Perruche à Gorge variée
$165
Perruche-Guïaruba
$165
Pie Acahé
$165
Platyrhynque Couronné
$165
Procné Araponga
$165
Psittacule Foui-Eté
$165
Ramphocèle Scarlatte
$165
Tangara Diable-enchumé
$165
Tangara Passe-Vert
$165
Tangara Tricolor
$165