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Dromedary in an Eastern Landscape with a City
after painting by Maerten de Vos, Hans Rottenhammer (I) [rejected attribution], c. 1600
Duke Johann Albrecht I of Mecklenburg engaged the Flemish artist Maerten de Vos to paint ten life-sized scenes of real and imaginary animals, including a dromedary and a unicorn. This drawing was probably made after De Vos’ painting of the dromedary. The artist rendered the animal’s coat and characteristic head in a painterly manner. However, he miscalculated its proportions; the head is too large for the body.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1905-93
- Dimensionsheight 300 mm x width 380 mm
- Physical characteristicspen in bruin, penseel in kleuren