Lot Essay
Compare with an oilpainting of the same subject in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (signed and dated 1871, oil on panel, inv. A 3095).
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Butterflies
Details
August Allebé (Dutch, 1838-1927)
Butterflies
signed and dated lower right Allebé 71
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
36 x 50.5 cm
Butterflies
signed and dated lower right Allebé 71
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
36 x 50.5 cm
Provenance
G.A. Heineken; Sale, C.F. Roos & Co. Amsterdam, 23 October 1894, lot 1 (Nlg. 80 to Weisman).
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller & Cie. Amsterdam, 17 April 1956, lot 1434.
Anon. Sale, Frederik Muller & Cie. Amsterdam, 17 April 1956, lot 1434.
Literature
W. Loos a.o., 'Waarde Heer Allebé' - Leven en werk van August Allebé (1838-1927), Zwolle 1988, p. 193, no. 80.