Weather Vane Finial

Filippo Porreca

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a rooster weather vane. The image depicts an intricately detailed weather vane shaped like a rooster standing on a horizontal rod, with its body facing to the right. Its tail feathers are stylized into a series of concentric arcs. The plumage on the rooster’s body is finely textured, with an emphasis on the natural contours and patterns of its feathers. The comb and wattles are carefully rendered. The simple background allows viewers to focus entirely on the depiction of the rooster weather vane.