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Drake Pintail
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A Beverwijk native, Rochus van Veen drew almost exclusively plants and animals found in the Netherlands. He must have seen or perhaps even caught this pintail himself. He meticulously drew the typical greybrown plumage and the long, pointed tail, from which the duck gets its name. The carefully placed brushstrokes in the chest and back feathers are particularly well observed.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDrake Pintail. 1682. Rochus van Veen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
