Woodpecker

Artist/Maker

DatesMade: Made 1653

Material / Technique

Dimensionsh x w: Mått 14,7 x 13,8 cm h x w: Passepartout 55 x 42 cm h x w x d: Ram 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm

Inventory numberNMH THC 5389

Other titlesTitle (sv): Hackspett Title (en): Woodpecker

DescriptionCatalogue raisonné: Watercolour and gouache, 147 x 138 mm. Watermark: Foolscap. Chain lines: 23 mm. Signed on the branch, in pen and brown ink, PH (monogrammed), with the date 1653. Numbered in the lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, 2928 (Sparre) and 73 (struck out). Mark of the Royal Collection (Lugt 1638). Tessin catalogued this drawing with two others of birds, one of which, a pelican, was described as “un oiseau domestique de l’Empereur Maximilien, vû a Anvers en 1547”. This entry was repeated in the 1790 catalogue, when they were again given three consecutive numbers, 2926 to 2928. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 182]

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MaterialPaper, Watercolour

TechniqueDrawing

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