{"product_id":"leopold-billek-hunting-forest-map-original-c-1820-watercolour-painting-kd-443","title":"Leopold Billek, Hunting Forest Map – c.1820 watercolour painting","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original c.1820 watercolour painting – Leopold Billek, Hunting Forest Map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA captivating original drawing by the Bohemian\/Moravian (now Czech) artist Leopold Billek, who was active in the 1820s. It appears that Billek was based in the town of Telč (or German Teltsch), near the Bohemia-Moravia border (now Czech Republic). Billek worked at a time when the Bohemian Lands were under Habsburg rule and was evidently a member of the sizable German-speaking population.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBillek's work encompasses a remarkable range of subjects and embodies the spirit of the 'Renaissance man'. This drawing shows his interest in zoology and uses opaque gouache in a way that evokes the brilliant pigments of medieval works on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn pen and ink with watercolour wash. On laid paper with fleur-de-lis watermark. There is an additional gouache painting of flowers on the verso.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54203137786185,"sku":"KD-443","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/KD-443.jpg?v=1776265237","url":"https:\/\/somersetandwood.com\/fr\/products\/leopold-billek-hunting-forest-map-original-c-1820-watercolour-painting-kd-443","provider":"Somerset \u0026 Wood Fine Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}