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Ducks’ Nests
Also titled Eendennesten
Paul Joseph Constantin Gabriël (Amsterdam, 1828–1903)
c. 1890 - c. 1900
- Medium
- canvas, oil paint (paint)
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 59 cm x width 44 cm x depth 9.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Credit line
- C.D. Reich Bequest
- 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
These baskets made of willow branches and resting on sticks were intended to offer shelter to nesting ducks. In the past, their eggs were gathered for consumption. In contrast to his mills and panoramic views, Gabriël here ‘zooms in’ on a detail in nature. He thus presents an unusual perspective of the watery Dutch landscape from a low vantage point on the embankment.
