A Purple Flower with Dragonfly
DrawingsDutch17th century

A Purple Flower with Dragonfly

c. 1644-1665

Artists

Margareta de HeerArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black, gray, brown, green, yellow, and violet transparent watercolor and yellow and white opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Culture
Dutch
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

24.1 x 29.5 cm (9 1/2 x 11 5/8 in.)

Provenance

[Mathaesson-Durand, Geneva], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1978; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 1999.150. NOTE: Provenance information from George Abrams, by recall.

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