# Gnarled Trees near the Water

- By: Roelant Savery (Kortrijk, 1576–1639)
- Date: 1605 - 1610
- Medium: paper, ink, chalk
- Classification: design
- Dimensions: height 132 mm x width 154 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-1975-46--d8ecc1001c87978ea653d0a523a9ccc7)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/wnobd/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In this drawing Savery renders oddities of nature in an almost hair-raising manner. His gnarled trees resemble demonic creatures possessed by a will of their own. The drawing is squared in black chalk so that it can be transferred to a larger format. Perhaps it was intended as a preliminary study for a drawing or painting of larger dimensions