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DAY & FABER master drawings

    Thomas Fearnley (Fredrikshald 1802 - Munich 1842)

    Head of a goose

    Description:

    oil on paper
    42 x 41 mm

    Provenance:

    Hofjägermeister Thomas Fearnley (only son of the artist) 1841-1927
    Shipowner Thomas Fearnley (grandson of the artist), 1880 –1961
    Private collection, Oslo, 1960’s - 2017

    Note:

    Taken from an album assembled by the artist's grandson, this study of the head of a goose is one of three studies that correspond closely to pencil sketches of geese drawn by the artist in a sketchbook dated 1829, held at the National Gallery of Norway.

    Head of a goose