A Goose and a Gander with their Goslings Honking in Alarm as Two Foxes with their Cubs Emerge from the Rushes
mid-18th–early 19th century
Medium
Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor
Dimensions
sheet: 18 13/16 x 14 7/16 in. (47.8 x 36.7 cm) mount: 21 7/8 x 16 7/8 in. (55.5 x 42.8 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Didier Aaron Inc. Gift, 2003
Accession Number
2003.111
Tags
Art Historical Context
In the spirited drawing *A Goose and a G with their Goslings Honking in Alarm as Twoes with their Cubs Emer from the Rushes*, Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein captures a dramatic clash in the natural world. Created in the mid-18th to early 19th century this scene unfolds amid rushes and trees, where vigilant geese raise the alarm against stealthy foxes and their cubs—a timeless predator-prey encounter evoking fables and the wild's raw tension. Tischbein, part of the prolific German Tischbein family of artists known for their versatility across portraits and genre scenes, employs a rich mixed-media ...