This drawing of a boy looking upwards, holding a stick in both hands, corresponds to Cornelis Visscher’s print ‘The Rat Catcher’, made in 1655. A complete preparatory study for the print can be found in the Teylers Museum in Haarlem (inv. no. P+ 056). The Rotterdam drawing is either another preliminary study or an autograph repetition of the drawing in Haarlem.
Specifications
| Title | Boy holding a stick looking upward |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Black chalk on parchment |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 323 mm Width 232 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Cornelis Visscher (II)
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| Accession number | H 224 (PK) |
| Credits | Loan Stichting Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (former Koenigs collection), 1940 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1940 |
| Creation date | in circa 1650-1655 |
| Collector | Collector / Franz Koenigs |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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