A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), 1760 – 1780

Title

A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Draughtsman

• Aert Schouman

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

• watercolours
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Verso signiert unten rechts (von eigener Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): A: Schouman

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): N 3
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Lilie, darunter Bienenkord und die Initialen JH&Z, Kontermarke HONIG / & / Zoonen [Fragment]

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• animal depiction

Main Motif

• bird
• animal

Primary

• 25F37(ROSEATE SPOONBILL) shore-birds and wading-birds (ROSEATE SPOONBILL)

Secondary

• 25H2 landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone)
• 25G3 trees