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Study of Tree Trunks and Roots
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Joachim von Sandrart, Savery's biographer, writes about large trees that the artist drew mit Kohle – in charcoal – in the Tyrol. This is just such a study of trees, indeed drawn in charcoal, which he first soaked in linseed oil. The linseed oil gives the strokes a more saturated black-brown colour, and the pigment adheres better to the paper.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineStudie van boomstammen en –wortels. c. 1606 - c. 1607. Roelant Savery. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
