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A shell, lying on a curve
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Jessurun de Mesquita taught drawing from nature for many years, especially of animals, plants, and shells. Normally, these subjects served as the starting point for a schematic execution with an ornamental character. Here, however, he shows us a naturalistic yet sketchily rendered shell. The semicircle and the black bands in the background appear flat. They represent a section of a stovepipe and the frame of a mantelpiece.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineEen schelp, op de bolling liggend. 1911. Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
