Houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus)

anonymous, 1584

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-2008-320
  • Dimensionsheight 323 mm x width 420 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and grey ink, with several colours of wash, over traces of graphite

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Houting (Coregonus oxyrinchus)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-2008-320

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • inscription: ‘Houtinck capiuntur in Mosa, quo loco fere salsa mair aq / dulci occurrit, ut infra Dordracū et quidam / Autumni tempore. Piscis siccā et friabilem calēs carnē / […] a priscis Maenulam latine dici existimant / fo. 99.b / Sed Rondeletius lib. 5 cap. 13 alium pro Maena exhibet / Vide de Lavarentus Rōdel. To 2 to 162 cap 16 / Vel de Umbra fluviali To 2 f 172 cap 5”.’
    • watermark

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): anonymous, Netherlands

  • Dating

    1584

  • Search further with

Material and technique

  • Physical description

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

  • Dimensions

    height 323 mm x width 420 mm

This work is about

  • 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.

Persistent URL

Questions?

Do you spot a mistake? Or do you have information about the object? Let us know!