Woodcutter Seen from the Rear, ca. 1608 – 1609

Title

Woodcutter Seen from the Rear

Draughtsman

• Roelant Savery

Verso

Market Woman with a Basket of Eggs

Part Number / Total

4 / 4

Period Produced

• 17th century
• 16th century

School

• Renaissance
• Baroque

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• ink?
• Indian ink?
• watercolours
• chalk
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• pen drawing
• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• figure study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet (mit schwarzer Kreide und der Feder in Braun): iserre / bile / gelle lere / verschut / purper / gele bonte mus / witte omslach / licht assen grauu / Rock / rode sluier / vil bruine lere / broeck / swartte lerssen / nart het leuen

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Reichsadler [Fragment]

Work Catalogues

• Spicer-Durham 1979.612.C.181.F.178
• Münz 1961.216.68
• Tolnay 1952.92.A.29

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 31D14(+2) adult man (+ back view)

Secondary

• 47D8(AXE) tools, aids, implements ~ crafts and industries: axe
• 41D221(USHANKA) head-gear (USHANKA)

Historic Attribution

• Pieter Bruegel the Elder draughtsman