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Head of a Leonberger
Also titled Kop van een Leonberger
Otto Eerelman (Groningen (stad), 1839–1926)
c. 1880 - c. 1892
- Medium
- paper, watercolor (paint), chalk
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 648 mm x width 498 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Jonkheer P.A. van den Velden Bequest, The Hague
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
The Groningen artist Otto Eerelman found his greatest success with his portraits of dogs. In his studio on the Elandstraat in The Hague, he taught his models to ‘sit’, before painting them. This Leonberger doubtless also ‘sat’ to the painter. This breed’s characteristic protruding snout and gentle faithful nature are here rendered with great fidelity.
