A Crab

Blatt: 183 x 294 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite, partially gone over with a brush and yellow and brown gum (arabic?)

Inventory Number: 824

Object Number: 824 Z

Status: Can be presented in the study room of the Graphische Sammlung (special opening hours)

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About the Work

This watercolour excels in its realistic portrayal of the crab, having captured and depicted its shell in great detail down to the last pockmark. Like many of his contemporaries, Jan van Huysum, who was primarily famous for his still lifes with flowers and fruits, was fascinated by the precise observation of nature and the accurate, lifelike representation of his subjects.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: A Crab

Draughtsman

Jan van Huysum

Period Produced

18th century

School

Baroque

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour and graphite, partially gone over with a brush and yellow and brown gum (arabic?)

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Signiert unten rechts (mit Graphitstift): Jan Van Húijsúm

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): 10'' 9'''- 6'' 8'''
Verso bezeichnet unten mittig: 91° 19
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

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