Three Ducks with Their Young at the Water’s Edge, 1748

Title

Three Ducks with Their Young at the Water’s Edge

Draughtsman

• Dirck Dalens III

Inventor

• after Melchior de Hondecoeter

Period Produced

• 17th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Gouache, partially gone over with brush and gum (arabic?)

Material

• gouache paint
• Vergé paper

Technique

• gouache (technique)
• brush drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing
• copy after a painting?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Nicht bezeichnet

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit der Feder in Braun): Dk Dalens Fecit 1748. / na ’t Origineel van Melch de Hondekoeter / h 12 1/2 / b : 19 d [in der Handschrift von Cornelis Ploos van Amstel]
Verso unten links Stempel der Sammlung Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (Lugt 2034)
Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• IHS / IVILLEDARY

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
• landscape