Getting started with the collection:
Snails
attributed to Anselmus Boëtius de Boodt (1550-1632), point of brush and brown ink, with watercolour, heightened with white, 1596–1601
Most snails live in the sea, some in fresh water while other representatives, like these sixteen, on land. That different (land) species are depicted here is especially evident from the diverse shapes and colours of the snails’ shells. Exactly which ones they were was probably indicated in an accompanying legend which corresponded with the numbers.
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-BR-2017-1-6-90
- Dimensionsheight 265 mm x width 181 mm
- Physical characteristicspenseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren over potlood of zwart krijt, gehoogd met witte dekverf, handschrift in pen in bruin