Pietro Antonio Rotari (Verona 1707 – 1762 St. Petersburg) Girl with a Fan Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas, 46 x 37 cm In the original mount and carved gilt frame Provenance: German private collection. Pietro Antonio Rotari, an outstandingly gifted artist and courtier of abundant social intelligence, was very much a child…
Pieter Holsteijn the Younger(Haarlem 1614 – 1673 Amsterdam) Mole Cricket Pen and ink, watercolour with body colour and gum arabic, 157 x 202 mmPaper, all edges trimmed smoothly, watermark (upper edge, above the insect): upper section of a coat of arms (watermark A)Inscribed PH (monogrammed, centre, between the insect’s feet) and een wee-mol (lower right,…
Pieter Holsteijn the Younger (Haarlem 1614 – 1673 Amsterdam) Two brimstones Pen and ink and watercolour with body colour, 164 x 212 mmPaper, all edges trimmed smoothly, no watermarkInscribed PH. (monogrammed, between the butterflies) Provenance:Private collection, Switzerland. The leaf shows two male brimstones, one with its wings open, one with them folded. Belonging to…
Pieter Holsteijn the Younger (Haarlem 1614 – 1673 Amsterdam) Lantern fly Pen and ink, watercolour with body colour and gum arabic, 166 x 211 mm Paper, two smooth edges, traces of cutting at the right edge, lower edge ragged, watermark (upper edge, centre): cropped letters ‘LD [?]’ (watermark: B) Inscribed PH (monogrammed, between the insect’s…