Herman Henstenburgh

Estimate

30,000 - 40,000 USD

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Description

Herman Henstenburgh
An elaborate still life of fruits and nuts on a ledge, a mouse to the right
Watercolor and gouache, heightened with white, and gum arabic, within black ink framing lines, on vellum

Catalogue Note

See note to the previous lot. For similar compositions, which include variations on certain details like the leaves with the snail and the bunch of grapes, see Anne M. Zaal, Herman Henstenburgh 1667-1726, thesis, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1991, nos. A006, A033, A041. It is understandable that Henstenburgh would have had a repertoire of motifs which he could rearrange in different works.