Portrait of the Dog Phoebus
Willem Witsen made this watercolour in 1884, his last year as a student at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The young artist was then already a superb watercolourist. He painstakingly drew the fine hairs in front of the dog’s eyes, cleverly taking advantage of the white of the paper. The sitter is a little dog, and an old one judging from its right eye, which shows signs of cataracts.
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Portrait of the Dog Phoebus
Willem Witsen made this watercolour in 1884, his last year as a student at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The young artist was then already a superb watercolourist. He painstakingly drew the fine hairs in front of the dog’s eyes, cleverly taking advantage of the white of the paper. The sitter is a little dog, and an old one judging from its right eye, which shows signs of cataracts.
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Bruikleen van het Willem Witsenhuis
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On loan from the Willem Witsenhuis
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Willem Witsen maakte deze aqua ...... n van ouderdomsstaar vertoont.
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Willem Witsen made this waterc ...... hich shows signs of cataracts.
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RP-T-1964-313
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Rijksmuseum
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title
De hond Phoebus
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Portrait of the Dog Phoebus
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created
1884
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1884
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breedte 255 mm
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height 355 mm
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hoogte 355 mm
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width 255 mm
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Collectie: tekeningen
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Collection: drawings
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provenance
…; on loan from the Witsenhuis to the museum, 1964
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temporal
fourth quarter 19th century
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vierde kwart 19e eeuw
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