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Study of a Gnarled Tree
Also titled Studie van een knoestige boom
Paulus Willemsz. van Vianen (Utrecht, ca. –ca.)
c. 1603
- Medium
- paper, ink
- Classification
- drawing
- Dimensions
- height 120 mm x width 192 mm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- 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
Paulus van Vianen was appointed ‘Kammergoldschmied’ (court goldsmith) by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, in 1603. The Utrecht native was not only a phenomenal silversmith but also a gifted draughtsman. Encouraged by his patron to observe raw nature, Van Vianen ventured far and wide. He regularly used the studies he made outdoors to decorate his silver plaques and bowls.
