Noted on a separate sheet of paper: ‘A finch with two heads,
sitting on a branch in a landscape. The bird was caught on the 2nd
of October 1747 in the finchery at the Ykenhorst estate, outside
the Hague Woods, the property of the Honourable Burgomaster
Dierquens. Skilfully drawn from life in watercolour by A. Schouman
…’ Whoever wrote this note had been duped - an examination of the
original in 1918 revealed that the second head had been sewn on.
Specifications
| Title | Two-Headed Finch on a Branch in a Polder Landscape |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pen and grey and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 173 mm Height 225 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Aert Schouman
|
| Accession number | MvS 282 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of H.M. Montauban van Swijndregt, 1929 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1929 |
| Creation date | in circa 1748 |
| Collector | Collector / H.M. Montauban van Swijndregt |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
