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Three varieties of striped tulip (Tulipa gesneriana bicolor)
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Attributed to Jacob Marrel (Frankenthal 1614-1681 Frankfurt)
Three varieties of striped tulip (Tulipa gesneriana bicolor)
with inscription 'Gelundrot van Leyden Geft [cancelled] Bvonken General Blom Kistenmacken Gelündrot van Leyden' (on the verso)
black chalk, watercolour, heightened with white (partially oxidized), brown ink framing lines, watermark 'AP' surmounting a bunch of grapes
12¼ x 8½ in. (31 x 21.5 cm.)
Three varieties of striped tulip (Tulipa gesneriana bicolor)
with inscription 'Gelundrot van Leyden Geft [cancelled] Bvonken General Blom Kistenmacken Gelündrot van Leyden' (on the verso)
black chalk, watercolour, heightened with white (partially oxidized), brown ink framing lines, watermark 'AP' surmounting a bunch of grapes
12¼ x 8½ in. (31 x 21.5 cm.)
Exhibited
London, Eyre & Hobhouse, The Discovery of Nature, 1983, no. 6.
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