Pieter Holsteyn
1614-1687
Study of a Crane
5 13/16 x 7 5/8 inches (147 x 194 mm)
Brush and watercolor and opaque watercolor in green, gray, red, black and yellow, over graphite, on laid paper; double framing line in brown ink.
1985.13
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing is one of literally hundreds of bird studies by Holsteijn the Younger, who was commissioned by Agnes Block (1629-1704) to make drawings of her collection of exotic birds to compliment the drawn records of her botanical collection (see 1984.10 and 1984.11).
The drawing is one of literally hundreds of bird studies by Holsteijn the Younger, who was commissioned by Agnes Block (1629-1704) to make drawings of her collection of exotic birds to compliment the drawn records of her botanical collection (see 1984.10 and 1984.11).
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at upper right edge, in brown ink, cut off. Inscribed on the verso, at lower right, in graphite, "33".
Associated names
Thorne, Landon K., Jr., Mrs., donor.
Bibliography
Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twenty-First Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984-1986. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1989, p. 349.
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Century Drawings
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