Lot 49
  • 49

Pieter Withoos

Estimate
3,500 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Pieter Withoos
  • a sheet of studies of moths
  • Gouache over touches of black chalk, on vellum

Provenance

Jacobus A. Klaver, Amsterdam

Condition

Unframed. There is an ink-type stain at the upper left of the sheet (concealed by mount), and some discolouration to the upper right. A few very tiny ink spots to the right of the moths, but otherwise the vellum is quite fresh. Colours still very strong.
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