# Study of Tree Trunks and Roots

- By: Roelant Savery (Kortrijk, 1576–1639)
- Date: c. 1606 - c. 1607
- Medium: charcoal stick, paper, chalk
- Classification: drawing
- Dimensions: height 482 mm x width 370 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-T-2008-96--76a7528387cc3a0f87c083c0eccdcabb)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/KQpuo/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)

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.