Nicolaas Struyck (1686-1769)
Butterflies and moths, circa 1719
Bodycolor and watercolor on paper with period black and gold ruled beige card mount
17⅝ x 11⅛ inches (44.7 x 28.3 cm)
Watermark Fleur de Lys / Strasburg Bend
Provenance
RandallLucien Goldschmidt (1912-1992), New York, 1970s
George and Maida Abrams, Boston
Johnny van Haeften, London, 2000
Bonhams, London, 20 April 2005, lot 142
Peter Tillou, London, 2005
Private collection, United Kingdom
Private collection, The Netherlands
Literature
T.O. Weigel, 1862, catalogue XIIIHermann August Hagen, Biblioteca Entomologica. Die Litteratur über das ganze Gebiet der Entomologie, bis zum Jahre 1862, Leipzig 1862-1863, Vol. II, p. 394