Jacobus Perkois (1756-1804)

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Jacobus Perkois (1756-1804)

A Redhanded Tamarin (Saguinus midas) with a Carrot in a Tree

signed, dated and inscribed 'J. Perkois adviv: July 1776. Syngneintje levensgroot uit t'Cabinet vand'bn Awart in Rotterdam' (verso); pencil, watercolour and gum arabic, pencil framing lines, watermark fleur-de-lys above shield
420 x 268 mm.

Provenance

C.J. van Roosendaal, Dordrecht, 1953

Literature

L.J. Bol, Jacobus Perkois, Kunsttekenaar, Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1971, p. 259, no. 75

Exhibited

Zeist, 1960, no. 52
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 82
Leeuwarden, 1966, no. 62
Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 107
Rheydt, 1971, no. 60
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 94
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 99

Lot Essay

Ploos van Amstel mentions this Middelburg artist as a pupil of Aert Schouman which would explain the great similarity in style. The present lot is dated in the year in which Perkois joined the Academy in The Hague where Schouman also worked.
The monkey originates from Guyana, and is now called 'Sagoe wingtje' in Suriname

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