Sitting Greyhound Biting its Hind Leg

Ludolf de Jongh, c. 1650 - c. 1655

Een zittende hond, van opzij gezien, bijtend in zijn linkerachterpoot.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1900-A-4459
  • Dimensionsheight 123 mm x width 147 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack and some white chalk, on paper toned with greyish brown wash; framing line in brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Sitting Greyhound Biting its Hind Leg

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1900-A-4459

  • Description

    Een zittende hond, van opzij gezien, bijtend in zijn linkerachterpoot.

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Creation

  • Creation

    • draftsman (artist): Ludolf de Jongh, Rotterdam (possibly)
    • Frans Snijders [rejected attribution]

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black and some white chalk, on paper toned with greyish brown wash; framing line in brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 123 mm x width 147 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1900-05-31

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Abraham Nicolaas Godefroy (1822-1899, Amsterdam) et al., Amsterdam (De Vries), 8 May 1900 _sqq_., in no. 253 (as by ‘F. Snijders’), with twelve other drawings, fl. 19, to the dealer F. Muller, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} from whom, with twelve other drawings, fl. 22.40, to the museum (L. 2228a), 1900

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