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Study of a sleeping spaniel

Drawing
17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Cornelis Saftleven (attributed to)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

A sleeping spaniel is curled up in a ball, its head resting on its right foreleg, with the two hind legs fully visible at lower centre; it is identifiable by its brown and white coat as the breed that would now be termed an English Springer Spaniel.


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Drawing
TitleStudy of a sleeping spaniel (published title)
Materials and techniques
Black, red and white chalks on brown oatmeal paper; framing line in brown ink.
Paper
Chalk
Brown Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing, Study of a sleeping spaniel, Corenis Saftleven (attributed to), Dutch School, 17th century
Physical description
A sleeping spaniel is curled up in a ball, its head resting on its right foreleg, with the two hind legs fully visible at lower centre; it is identifiable by its brown and white coat as the breed that would now be termed an English Springer Spaniel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 153mm
  • Width: 200mm
Styles
Dutch School
Flemish School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.), 479
  • Inscribed on old ruled and gold mount, in pencil: at lower right, by Dyce, J. Sandbyand to the right of this, in a nineteenth-century hand (with Dyce’s original inv. no.), 246
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Thomas Sandby (1721–98), Windsor and London; Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869.
Subject depicted
Spaniel
Bibliographic references
  • DYCE COLLECTION. A Catalogue of the Paintings, Miniatures, Drawings, Engravings, Rings and Miscellaneous Objects Bequeathed by The Reverend Alexander Dyce. London : South Kensington Museum, 1874.
  • Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum (London, 2014), vol. I, cat.174, p.225
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.479

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O240605/study-of-a-sleeping-spaniel-drawing-cornelis-saftleven/
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