Willem WitsenDutch, 1860–1923De hond Phoebus
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Willem Witsen made this watercolour in 1884, his last year as a student at the Amsterdam Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten. The young artist was then already a superb watercolourist. He painstakingly drew the fine hairs in front of the dog’s eyes, cleverly taking advantage of the white of the paper. The sitter is a little dog, and an old one judging from its right eye, which shows signs of cataracts.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-T-1964-313
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
