Lot Essay
A drawing by Holsteyn of similar subject and size was sold in these Rooms, 4 July 1972, lot 166.
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A mottled longhorn beetle, a musk beetle, a blue rhinoceros beetle, a cerulean chafer beetle, a stag beetle, scarlet rhinoceros beetle and another
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Pieter Holsteyn the Elder (1580-1662)
A mottled longhorn beetle, a musk beetle, a blue rhinoceros beetle, a cerulean chafer beetle, a stag beetle, scarlet rhinoceros beetle and another
signed and dated 'PHolsten fc 1636' and numbered '5.' (recto) and '202' (verso)
black chalk, grey wash, bodycolour on vellum
163 x 206 mm.
A mottled longhorn beetle, a musk beetle, a blue rhinoceros beetle, a cerulean chafer beetle, a stag beetle, scarlet rhinoceros beetle and another
signed and dated 'PHolsten fc 1636' and numbered '5.' (recto) and '202' (verso)
black chalk, grey wash, bodycolour on vellum
163 x 206 mm.