Otto Marseus van Schrieck Nijmegen 1619/20 (?) - 1678 Amsterdam

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Description

Otto Marseus van Schrieck
A forest floor, with a milk thistle, fungi, a wood snail, a queen of spain fritillary, an emperor moth and an aspis adder attacking a fledgling from a nest of a sedge-warbler
signed and dated lower right: OTTO/ Marsyus. 1666
oil on canvas

Provenance

Dr. Paul Hoeberechts, Toronto, by 1954;
Thence by descent until sold ('The Property of a Lady'), Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 13 May 2003, lot 82, where acquired by the present owner.

Exhibited

London (Canada), University of Western Ontario, McIntosh Memorial Gallery, Loan Exhibition of 17th Century Dutch Masters, 20 February - 20 March 1954.

Literature

Loan Exhibition of 17th Century Dutch Masters, exhibition catalogue, London (Canada), University of Western Ontario, McIntosh Memorial Gallery, 20 February - 20 March 1954, p. 14, reproduced.