Dutch School, early 18th Century

A hollyhock and a caterpillar

Details

Dutch School, early 18th Century
A hollyhock and a caterpillar
with no '47.' (recto) and with inscription 'A.V.V' (verso)
graphite, watercolour, gum arabic, countermark with initials IH
32.3 x 20.5 cm.

Exhibited

Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Bekoring van het kleine, 1959-60, no. 85 (as Adriaen van de Velde).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 137, pl. 117 (as Adriaen van de Velde; catalogue by J. Giltaij).

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Lot Essay

This drawing was given to Adriaen van de Velde (1636-1672), following the initials 'A.V.V', in the 1976-77 exhibition catalogue. An attribution to a member of the van der Vinne family of artists from Haarlem has been suggested. It seems closest to works by Laurens Jacobsz. van der Vinne (1712-1742). This study was most likely intended as a scientific drawing, as the isolated caterpillar left of the flower would not have been included in this way in a purely decorative drawing.

We are grateful to Robert-Jan te Rijdt for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry and to Dr. Frans Laurentius for informing us that the paper dates from the early 18th Century.

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