An Album of 39 Watercolors of Fish and Other Sea Creatures
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arader Galleries Drawings & Watercolors, New York, NY, U.S.A.Arader Galleries Drawings & Watercolors
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2021
Condition: Used - Good
£ 53,006.27
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY An Album of 39 Watercolors of Fish and Other Sea Creatures Watercolor over traces of black chalk, within black chalk framing lines; almost all inscribed in brown ink, verso, with identification and measurements of the fish depicted; the 39 drawings attached to 20 album sheets, loosely contained in an early 19th-century folder (spine in disrepair), with a label inscribed in brown ink: 41 Stuks / Visschen in Sapverwen / door / Rochus van Veen / 17e Eeuw / Uit de Collectie / van / DenwelEd Heer Ploos van Amstel Two drawings fixed to each album sheet (in all except one case), the album sheets 16 1/8 x 12 3/8 in. Provenance: Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (according to the label on the album cover) In 17th-century Holland, the art of natural history drawing took on a new significance. As never before, artists produced a great series of high-quality watercolors, combining very scientific observation and annotation with considerable artistic and aesthetic quality. However, most such watercolors depict flowers or, less frequently, insects or land animals, and representations of fish from this period are relatively rare. Loca:6.3BC.19C. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- An Album of 39 Watercolors of Fish and Other Sea Creatures
- Author
- DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Fish Watercolors, Mammal Watercolors
Arader Galleries Drawings & Watercolors
New York, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since January 5, 2021
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The department of watercolors and drawings at Arader Galleries focuses on original works concerning flora, fauna, mammals, other natural histories, and landscape and maritime subject matters. We have been leaders in this field since 1972, currently with galleries in New York City and Philadelphia. Should you have any questions about any of the original watercolors listed on this site, please contact Alison Petretti, our curator of drawings and watercolors, at alisonpetretti@aradergalleries.com. Alison has been with Arader Galleries, advising distinguished private and public collections, since 2000. She holds a master's degree in art history from Hunter College, City University of New York.…
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