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Pieter Holsteyn
1614-1687
Study of a Crane
Brush and watercolor and opaque watercolor in green, gray, red, black and yellow, over graphite, on laid paper; double framing line in brown ink.
5 13/16 x 7 5/8 inches (147 x 194 mm)
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Landon K. Thorne, Jr.
1985.13
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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).
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Inscribed at upper right edge, in brown ink, cut off. Inscribed on the verso, at lower right, in graphite, "33".
Provenance:
Acquired from Richard Day, Ltd., London.
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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