Lot Essay
According to an inscription on the reverse of the relined canvas, the picture is signed and dated O. Marseus 1662
Details
Follower of Otto Marseus van Schrieck, called de Snuffelaer
Lizards, a snake and a caterpillar on a mossy bank, moths and butterflies by a thistle, a sailing vessel at sea beyond
oil on canvas
52 x 42 cm
Lizards, a snake and a caterpillar on a mossy bank, moths and butterflies by a thistle, a sailing vessel at sea beyond
oil on canvas
52 x 42 cm
Provenance
H. Rothschild, New York; Sale, J.M. van der Meulen Amsterdam, November 1949, lot 542 (fl. 240), where purchased by A. van Stolk, grandfather of the present owner