Great Crested Grebe, anonymous, c. 1564 - c. 1565

Identification

Title(s)

Great Crested Grebe

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-2008-321

Inscriptions / marks

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’
watermark

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

c. 1564 - c. 1565

Material and Technique

Physical features

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

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 320 mm × width 208 mm

Subject

What

birds

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

2008

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.}

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Persistent URL

To refer to this object please use the following persistent URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.793932

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