Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847)

Studies of three Birds: the Rossignol de Murailles, a white bearded Martinet and a sea Blackbird

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Josephus Augustus Knip (1777-1847)
Studies of three Birds: the Rossignol de Murailles, a white bearded Martinet and a sea Blackbird
numbered '1 2 3' and inscribed with the names of the birds
pencil, watercolour, pencil framing lines
210 x 153 mm.

Provenance

with Deirkauf, Utrecht, 1962

Literature

H.J. Kraaij, Henriette Ronner-Knip 1821-1909, Een virtuoos dierschilderes, Schiedam, 1998, p. 18, fig. 9.

Exhibited

's Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum, De familie Knip, Drie generaties kunstenaars uit Noord-Brabant, 23 April - 19 June 1988, p. 45, no. 11, illustrated

Lot Essay

(1) E. Bergvelt, in the 1988 exhibition catalogue (loc.cit.), mentions some comparable studies of birds, which are sometimes difficult to distinguish from the work of J.A. Knip's daughter Henriette (see lots 208-9 in this sale)

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