Lying bear to the left

Title

Lying bear to the left

Draughtsman

• Johann Melchior Roos

Period Produced

• 17th century

School

• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• animal study

Watermark

• Nicht vorhanden

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1867

Genre

• animal depiction

Primary

• 25F23(BEAR)(+552) beasts of prey, predatory animals: bear (+ animal with forelegs stretched foreward)