Owl on Back of Donkey, Bird on Back of Camel with Other Animals

1594

Nicolaes de Bruyn

Associated Names
Nicolaes de Bruyn

Artist, Flemish, 1565/1571 - 1656

This is a drawing featuring various animals, including a camel, a donkey, birds, and a dog-like creature. The central focus is on a camel and a donkey, with an owl perched on the donkey's back. Birds, including a crow or raven, are flying around them or perched on the animals. A dog-like creature is shown at the feet of the donkey and camel. The background is filled with more birds in flight. The scene is set against a simple, dark background that highlights the texture and details of the animals through intricate linework and shading, giving it a woodcut or engraving style reminiscent of early European artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate): 2.9 × 5.6 cm (1 1/8 × 2 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1980.45.249

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 225, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger.

2014

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Nicolaes de Bruyn. Compiled by Lorena A. Baines and edited by Nadine M. Orenstein. Ouderkerk aan den Ijssell: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2014, no. 225..

Inscriptions

bottom center, in plate: N 1594; lower right, in plate: 5; verso, lower left, in graphite by a later hand: [indecipherable] 27242; verso, lower right, in graphite: B-32,242

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: Lessing J. Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65575789

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