Study with Wagons, Cattle, Farmers, and Riders
Object type | Drawing |
Genre | Study |
Date | 1578 |
Dimensions | 25 x 35.1 cm |
Support | Paper |
Medium | Brush in color, pen and brown ink, graphite or black chalk |
Other authorities | Bailey/Walker cat. #AMST.RM.7 |
Location | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Collection | Rijksmuseum |
Accession numbers | RP-T-1902-A-4685(R) |
Tags | Birds, Cattle, Dog, Horse, Swine, Burghers, Peasants, Wagon |
External resources | Rijksmuseum |
Schapelhouman suggests that many such study sheets existed in Jan's studio, functioning in a way not unlike medieval model books. The draughtsman here has retraced the lines of the figures on the verso of the sheet, so that they could more easily be used in reverse.
The watercolor on the sheet's recto was probably added at a later date to make the drawing more collectable.