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This is a painting of a small rodent lying on its back. The rodent is depicted with meticulous detail, capturing its soft brown fur with subtle gradations of light and shadow. Its limbs are splayed out to the sides, and its tail extends straight out behind it. The background is a plain, light tan.
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This is a painting of a small rodent lying on its back. The rodent is depicted with meticulous detail, capturing its soft brown fur with subtle gradations of light and shadow. Its limbs are splayed out to the sides, and its tail extends straight out behind it. The background is a plain, light tan.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Field Mouse, from Above

Johann Rudolph Schellenberg

Date
c. 1775
Medium
watercolor with graphite and black pen and ink on wove paper
Dimensions
overall: 20.1 x 15 cm (7 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2003.48.2
Credit line
Gift of Andrew Robison
Time span
1726 to 1750
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Swiss
  • animal
Provenance

(August Laube, Zurich); purchased 2003 by NGA.

Inscription

upper left in graphite: Fig. 2 (not deciphered); lower left in graphite: no12012; lower right in graphite: Zus.

NGA object ID 127359. 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.