Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995)
Rochus van Veen
A Starling
Auction Closed
January 25, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995)
Rochus van Veen
circa 1640 - 1693 Beverwijk
A Starling
Pen and brown ink and watercolor within brown ink framing lines;
signed, dated and extensively inscribed, lower edge: Rocho van veen. een spreeuw die Ao 1679 geschooten is van Claes gerrittsz duynmeyer waert inde herberghe van Romen buyten de Bevervyck
183 by 255 mm; 7¼ by 10 in.
Sale, Utrecht, J.L. Beyers, 28 March 1983, lot 1692,
where purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt)
where purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt)
Of the many highly skilled natural history artists working in late 17th-century Holland, Rochus van Veen was one of the more individual in his approach to his subject, often annotating his works with revealing comments and observations. Here, we read the precise circumstances under which the bird depicted met its end: it was shot by the inn keeper Claes Gerritsz Duynmeyer of the well-known inn ‘Out Roomen’ outside Beverwijk, near Haarlem.
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