Magelhaengans 1900

This ceramic sculpture, titled "Magelhaengans," was created by Dutch artist Joseph Mendes da Costa in 1900. The piece depicts a goose in a naturalistic pose, with its head bent down as if pecking at the ground. Da Costa's use of glazes gives the goose a realistic texture and a subtle range of colors, with gray, white, and blue hues dominating the piece. This sculpture, now housed in the Rijksmuseum, exemplifies Da Costa's talent for capturing the beauty of everyday objects and animals in his ceramic works.