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This is a detailed line drawing of a tall plant with large, textured leaves and a flowering stalk at the top. The plant is centrally located in the drawing, with the leaves spreading outwards and the flowering stalk extending vertically from the middle of the plant. The dark lines of the drawing stand out against the paper, which is in shades of brown and appears to be aged and slightly discolored.
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This is a detailed line drawing of a tall plant with large, textured leaves and a flowering stalk at the top. The plant is centrally located in the drawing, with the leaves spreading outwards and the flowering stalk extending vertically from the middle of the plant. The dark lines of the drawing stand out against the paper, which is in shades of brown and appears to be aged and slightly discolored.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Foxglove in Bloom

Hendrik Goltzius

Date
1592
Medium
pen and brown ink on laid paper
Dimensions
overall: 17.5 x 9.8 cm (6 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1996.44.1
Credit line
Gift of Rosi Schilling in memory of Edmund Schilling
Time span
1551 to 1600
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • botanical
  • Foxglove
Provenance

Dr. Ludwig Burchard, London; Edmund Schilling, Frankfurt and London; bequest of his widow to NGA, 1996.

Inscription

upper right in brown ink: HG (in monogram); upper center in brown ink: 1592; by later hand, center verso in graphite: H. Goltzius; center verso stamped in black: 2418; by later hand, lower center in graphite: Gesch [?] / [?] / [?] 1947

NGA object ID 94900. 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.