Two tub gurnards (Chelidonichthys lucerna), anonymous, 1575 - 1599

Identification

Title(s)

Two tub gurnards (Chelidonichthys lucerna)

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-2008-322

Inscriptions / marks

inscription: ‘Zee haen’
inscription: ‘extrema cerulea per āborū’
watermark

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: anonymous

Place

Netherlands

Dating

1575 - 1599

Material and Technique

Physical features

pen and dark-grey ink, with grey wash and red chalk

Material

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 325 mm × width 214 mm

Subject

What

fishes

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

2008

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Rembert Dodoens (1517-1585); ? collection Christophe Plantin (1520-1589);{H. Engel, ‘Over enkele teekeningen, die eens Dodonaeus toebehoord hebben, waarbij de eerste koningsvisch (Lampris Luna) van de Europeesche kusten’, Zoöl. Med., 25 (1945), pp. 9-10.} …; 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.793941

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