Dutch School, 17th Century

A Hoopoe; A Redstart with a Red Admiral butterfly; and A finch with a Cinnabar moth and a Garden Tiger moth

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Dutch School, 17th Century
A Hoopoe; A Redstart with a Red Admiral butterfly; and A finch with a Cinnabar moth and a Garden Tiger moth
bodycolour on vellum
6¼ x 7 in. (159 x 178 mm.); and smaller (3)

Provenance

Sir Edward Nicholas, according to labels attached to the backboards: 'from Sir Edward Nicholas Secretary of State to King Charles 1st & 2nd'.

Lot Essay

Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669) was Secretary of State from 1641 until King Charles I's execution in 1649. He then joined King Charles II's court-in-exile in Holland, returning to England at the Restoration in 1660 and finally retiring as Secretary of State in 1662. According to the Dictionary of National Biography he spent his retirement forming a collection of pictures.

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