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Studies of a Recumbent Polar Bear
Drawing living animals requires the patience of a saint. The British artist Johan Macallan Swan could wait hours for the animal to assume the desired pose. The second it did, he would dash off a quick sketch before the animal moved again. This polar bear, however, must have stayed still for some time. The artist was able to accurately study its thick coat.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- drawing
- Drawing
Medium
- Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- drawing
- Drawing
Medium
- Mr and Mrs Drucker-Fraser Bequest, Montreux
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- 1903
- 1903
Place-Time
- first quarter 20st century
Provenance
- …; on loan from Jean Charles Joseph Drucker (1862-1944, Montreux) and Maria Lydia Drucker-Fraser (1886-1944, Montreux), with 167 other paintings, to the museum, 1919;{Note RMA.} by whom bequeathed, with 168 other paintings, to the museum, 1944
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.9820
- SK-A-3713
Extent
- height 24 cm
- width 36 cm
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: tekeningen
Year
- 1903
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T20:15:48.033Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T14:37:55.928Z