drawing
- Museum number
- 1875,0410.557
- Description
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A camel; standing in profile to right, wearing a halter, a landscape behind
Black, red and brown chalk
- Production date
- 1589-1590 (c.)
- Dimensions
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Height: 298 millimetres
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Width: 416 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See verso of 1895,0915.1020 for sketch of a camel.
Literature: E.J.K. Reznicek, 'Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius', Utrecht, 1961, cat.no.416; E.J.K. Reznicek, in Oud Holland (1988), p.83; Marijn Schapelhouman, in H. Leeflang and G. Luijten, 'Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617): Drawings, prints and paintings', exh.cat. Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York and Toledo Museum of Art Ohio, 2003, cat.no.59 (dated 1597-1590).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1977/8 Dec-Feb, BM, 'Animals in Art' cat. no. 176
2003 June-Sep, New York, Met Mus of Art, Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617
2003/4 Oct-Jan, Ohio, Toledo Mus of Art, Hendrick Goltzius 1558-1617
- Acquisition date
- 1875
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1875,0410.557
