Great Crested Grebe

anonymous, c. 1564 - c. 1565

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2008-321
  • Dimensionsheight 320 mm x width 208 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and black ink, with several colours of wash and with bodycolour, over traces of graphite

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Great Crested Grebe

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2008-321

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • watermark
    • inscription: ‘Hagger ut qdū (quidam)/ volunt/ visus ī (in) Hollandia circum/ annum 1564 aut 1565/ Heremides/ Mosserus (or Mosservies?)/ vide (?) Riever (Kiever,?); ende dit/ es dat manneken/ van den Meercaut’

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    c. 1564 - c. 1565

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and black ink, with several colours of wash and with bodycolour, over traces of graphite

  • Dimensions

    height 320 mm x width 208 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585); ? collection Christophe Plantin (1520-1589);{H. Engel, ‘A drawing of Podiceps cristatus once in the possession of Rembertus Dodonaeus’, Limosa, Orgaan der Club van Nederlandsche Vogelkundigen, XVI (1943), pp. 1.} …; collection J.Q. van Regteren Altena (1899-1980), Amsterdam; from his heirs to the museum (L. 2228), 2008{Transfer of ownership for payment of inheritance taxes 2008.}

Documentation

  • H. Engel, ‘A drawing of Podiceps cristatus once in the possession of Rembertus Dodonaeus’, Limosa, Orgaan der Club van Nederlandsche Vogelkundigen XVI (1943), p. 1-3.

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