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.
Artiste
Italienische Grafik 1579–1623
Datation
1605
Catégorie
Dessin
Technique
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
Domaine public, CC0

Description de l’image

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