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Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana) ?

ca. 1687 - ca. 1692

Medium

watercolour, with pen and brown ink and opaque watercolour, over traces of graphite; framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

h 175mm × w 212mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; deck paint; gouache (paint)

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

water-birds: spotted crake

Acquisition Method

gift

Acquired

1918

Notes

penseel en waterverf in kleuren, met pen en bruine inkt en dekverf, over sporen van grafiet; kaderlijnen in bruine inkt

Collection Type

drawings

1654–1693 • Dutch Republic

He specialized in watercolors of insects and flowers. Comment on works: Still life; Flowers; Insects

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