A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), 1760 – 1780

Blatt: 251 x 375 mm

Physical Description: Watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal

Inventory Number: 2998

Object Number: 2998 Z

Status: Request for presentation in the study room of the Prints and Drawings Department

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About the Work

Measuring almost ninety centimetres in height, the roseate spoonbill with its peculiar beak is a cousin to the ibis and at home in the swampy regions of Florida and South America. The somewhat splayed wings in Schouman’s watercolour indicate that he made his drawing from a stuffed specimen.

Work Data

Basic Information

Title: A Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Draughtsman

Aert Schouman

Period Produced

18th century

Object Type

drawing

Physical Description: Watercolour, over black chalk or charcoal

Material

Technique

Geographic Reference

Netherlandish

Production Reason

Label at the Time of Manufacture: Verso signiert unten rechts (von eigener Hand?, mit der Feder in Braun): A: Schouman

Captions Added Later: Verso bezeichnet unten links (mit Bleistift): N 3
Verso Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)