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Study sheet with drawing examples: portraits, animals, insects
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Nineteenth print from a series of drawing examples. Study sheet with heads, animals and insects. In the center three portraits, from left to right: Frederick III the Wise (Elector of Saxony), Anthony van Dyck and Quinten Massijs (the last with his name, place of death and year). Surrounding them various animals and insects including a toucan (after an illustration by Gessner), fox, hare (after Aegidius Sadeler) and rhinoceros beetle and butterfly (after Hoefnagel).
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineStudieblad met tekenvoorbeelden: portretten, dieren, insecten. 1610 - 1672. Michael Snijders. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.