DrawingsDutch17th century

A Duck

17th century

Artists

Pieter Holsteyn IIArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent watercolor, with application of gum, and opaque watercolor over traces of black chalk on cream antqiue laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

15.5 x 20 cm (6 1/8 x 7 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby's, London, 11 November 1965], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1965; The Maida and George Abrams Colleciton, 1999.153. NOTE: Abrams is not listed as the buyer for any of the lots. Many Holsteyn birds are in this sale, and none clearly matches ours. The numbers inscribed on the verso of each drawing match the numbers litsed in the catalogue, but our drawing does not match any of them.

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