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Study of Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Watercolour
mid to late 17th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Cuyp, Aelbert (artist)
Place of origin
Holland (drawn)

Watercolour drawing in shades of yellow ochre, brown and green, over graphite


Object details

Category
Drawings
Object type
Watercolour
Titles
  • Study of Common Hogweed (<i>Heracleum sphondylium</i>) (published title)
  • Study of Leaves of the Cow Parsnip (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour in shades of yellow ochre, brown and green, over graphite
Watercolour
Graphite
Paper
Drawing
Hand-Colouring
Brief description
Watercolour 'Study of Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)', Anonymous Dutch(?), watercolour, mid to late 17th century
Physical description
Watercolour drawing in shades of yellow ochre, brown and green, over graphite
Dimensions
  • Height: 155mm
  • Width: 206mm
Style
Dutch School
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 423 (Inscribed at lower right, in brown ink (with the museum’s Dyce inv. no.))
  • A. Cuyp (Inscribed on verso, at lower right, in pencil)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Rev. Alexander Dyce
Object history
Rev. Alexander Dyce (1798–1869), London, by whom bequeathed to the museum (L. Suppl. 153b), 1869
Subject depicted
Cow Parsnip
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. II, Cat. 637, illus. p.576.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
DYCE.423

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Record createdJune 8, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O240941/study-of-common-hogweed-iheracleum-watercolour-unknown/
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