Greater weever (Trachinus Draco)

anonymous, before 1585

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2008-317
  • Dimensionsheight 423 mm x width 321 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and black ink, with several colours of wash, with bodycolour; over traces of graphite; framing line in black ink

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    Greater weever (Trachinus Draco)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2008-317

  • Inscriptions / marks

    watermark

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    before 1585

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and black ink, with several colours of wash, with bodycolour; over traces of graphite; framing line in black ink

  • Dimensions

    height 423 mm x width 321 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; ? collection Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585); ? Christophe Plantin (1520-1589)…;{H. Engel, ‘Over enkele teekeningen, die eens Dodonaeus toebehoord hebben, waarbij de eerste koningsvisch (Lampris Luna) van de Europeesche kunsten’, Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam, 1940, pp. 9-25.}…; 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, ‘Over enkele teekeningen, die eens Dodonaeus toebehoord hebben, waarbij de eerste koningsvisch (Lampris Luna) van de Europeesche kunsten’, Zoölogisch Museum Amsterdam, 1940, pp. 9-25.

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