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The dog Phoebus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Willem Witsen made this watercolour in 1884, his last year as a student at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The young artist was then already a superb watercolourist. He painstakingly drew the fine hairs in front of the dog's eyes, cleverly taking advantage of the white of the paper. The sitter is a little dog, and an old one judging from its right eye, which shows signs of cataracts.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineDe hond Phoebus. 1884. Willem Witsen. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
