Three tiger heads

Title

Three tiger heads

Draughtsman

• Johann Melchior Roos

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• red chalk
• paper

Technique

• red chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• animal study

Watermark

• Traube mit Krone und den Buchstaben HVC

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

Primary

• 25F23(TIGER)(+33) beasts of prey, predatory animals: tiger (+ head of an animal)