A Pelican

ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB QUINA THE YOUNGER (1634-1699)

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ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB QUINA THE YOUNGER (1634-1699) A Pelican Graphite, watercolor, bodycolor, on paper with watermark coat of arms with a lion Paper size: 7 ½ x 9 ½ in. Frame size: 14 x 16 in. Provenance: Franz Gawet (1765-1847), Vienna (L. 1069, F. Gawet 1828 in pen and brown ink on verso). A finely drawn watercolor of a standing pelican on a shoreline, attributed to the Amsterdam artist Jacob Quina the Younger. As Martin Royalton-Kisch has pointed out, works by Jacob Quina the Younger have often been misattributed to his contemporary Anthonie van Borssom. The two were probably associates who would explain the similarities in their chosen avian subjects. However, the are several differences between the work of these two Dutch 17th-century artists. First, Quina s work shows a sophisticated softness in the transition between subject, foreground, and background. His feather work has a lush softness, which can also be seen in his Thistle with Insects, Snail, Lizard, and Woodpecker at Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Kupferstichkabinett. Whereas Borssom s works have a propensity toward the vigorous stippled effect, outline each transition from wing to the body and between layers of the composition. Works by Jacob Quina the Younger are pretty rare, other examples of his work can be found in the British Museum, London, and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Kupferstichkabinett. We are grateful to Martin Royalton-Kisch for suggesting an attribution of this drawing to Jacob Quina the Younger (1634-1699). His article Fowl Play? From Van Borssom to Quina and La Cambre , Master Drawings, XXXVI, no. 1, Spring 1998, pp. 45-52, highlights the essential distinctions between this artist and his associates. Loca: 6.3B.D81. Seller Inventory # AP00230

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Title: A Pelican

Binding: No Binding

Condition: Very Good