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Study of Tree Trunks and Roots
Roelant Savery, c. 1606 - c. 1607
Joachim von Sandrart, Savery’s biographer, writes about large trees that the artist drew mit Kohle – in charcoal – in the Tyrol. This is just such a study of trees, indeed drawn in charcoal, which he first soaked in linseed oil. The linseed oil gives the strokes a more saturated black-brown colour, and the pigment adheres better to the paper.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-2008-96
- Dimensionsheight 482 mm x width 370 mm
- Physical characteristicsin lijnolie gedrenkte houtskool. zwart krijt en penseel in rode en blauw-groene waterverf op licht-bruin papier