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Recumbent Dog

Philips Wouwerman

1629 - 1668

Medium

counterproof in red chalk, reworked with red chalk; later additions in opaque white; framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

h 123mm × w 174mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; chalk

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

dog

Production Place

? Haarlem

Acquisition Method

unknown

Notes

height 123 mm x width 174 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Philips Wouwerman

1619–1668 • Dutch Republic

Specialized in military and hunting scenes in which horses are prominent. Son of a little known painter in Alkmaar, Paul Joosten Wouwerman. Philips died at the age of 48 reportedly as the result of an accident, having created a large number of landscapes, battle scenes and the elegant life of his time, set in castles, parties, hunting, huntsmen and prized horses.