A Groundhog or Marmot with a Branch of Plums

Italienische Grafik 1579–1623, 1605

This is a painting of a marmot-like animal with purple and red plums on a gray stone surface. The animal is seen from the side, facing the left, with one foot on a small rock. It has brown and gray fur with round, dark eyes and long, white teeth. In the bottom right corner, there is a cluster of plums on a branch with dried brown leaves. The background is plain beige paper, and there is a gold outline around the painting.
Artist
Italienische Grafik 1579–1623
Date
1605
Type
Drawing
Medium
watercolor and ink with white gouache over traces of graphite on burnished laid paper
Dimensions
33 × 42.3 cm (paper edge slightly covered by the old mount)
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

This is a painting of a marmot-like animal with purple and red plums on a gray stone surface. The animal is seen from the side, facing the left, with one foot on a small rock. It has brown and gray fur with round, dark eyes and long, white teeth. In the bottom right corner, there is a cluster of plums on a branch with dried brown leaves. The background is plain beige paper, and there is a gold outline around the painting.

Italienische Grafik 1579–1623