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Common Kingfisher
Also titled IJsvogel
Barbara Regina Dietzsch (Neurenberg, 1706–1783)
1716 - 1783
- Medium
- paper, deck paint
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 199 mm x width 186 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- Gift of C.P.D. Pape
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed
About this work
Born and active in Nuremberg, Germany, Barbara Dietzsch became widely known in her lifetime for botanical drawings. Rarer are her depictions of birds, two of which are displayed in this gallery. Set against a wintry background, the kingfisher demonstrates her exceptional handling of opaque watercolour. With density and precision, Dietzsch conveys the bristly texture of the feathers in an almost tangible way.
