Lot 215
  • 215

Attributed to Johannes Bronckhorst Leiden 1648 - 1727 Hoorn

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Description

  • Johannes Bronckhorst
  • a flying dragon and various insects
  • gouache with gum arabic

Catalogue Note

Two very similar drawings are known, depicting the same lizard but surrounded by different insects.  One, in Florence, is a signed work by Johannes Bronckhorst, while the other has been tentatively attributed by Anne Zaal to Herman Henstenburgh (see Anne M. Zaal, 'Herman Henstenburgh 1667-1726,' Dissertation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1991, vol. I, p. 85, reproduced fig. 8, and vol. II, catalogue number B 001, reproduced).