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This is a drawing of a bull lying down with its legs tucked beneath its body and its head resting toward its side. The detailed depiction shows the texture of the bull's fur and musculature with fine lines. The bull takes up most of the composition against a plain background. Shading and cross-hatching techniques are used to add depth and dimension. The paper appears old and slightly worn.
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This is a drawing of a bull lying down with its legs tucked beneath its body and its head resting toward its side. The detailed depiction shows the texture of the bull's fur and musculature with fine lines. The bull takes up most of the composition against a plain background. Shading and cross-hatching techniques are used to add depth and dimension. The paper appears old and slightly worn.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Bull Sleeping

Johann Heinrich Roos

Date
c. 1672
Medium
pen and brown ink over black chalk on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 33.1 x 48.3 cm (13 1/16 x 19 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2000.86.1
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1651 to 1700
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • German
  • mammal
  • animal
  • Cattle
  • Livestock
Provenance

Private Collector UW (not in Lugt). (Thomas Le Claire, Hamburg); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Inscription

lower right in brown ink: Roos

NGA object ID 112661. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.