Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from the Schminck Collection – Centuries of Collecting Arts & Objects
An urn, garlanded with flowers with various insects and snails on a stone ledge
Auction Closed
January 31, 05:59 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Herman Henstenburgh
Hoorn 1667 - 1726
An urn, garlanded with flowers with various insects and snails on a stone ledge
Watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with gum arabic, on vellum laid down on panel;
signed lower left: H: Henstenburgh.fec-
387 by 315 mm; 15 ¼ by 12 ⅜ in.
Herman Henstenburgh was one of three notable still-life and natural history artists from Hoorn, who established that town as a center for their very distinctive, highly detailed and decorative watercolor and gouache style. All three also famously followed parallel careers as pastry-bakers. The eldest of the these artists was Johannes Bronckhorst (1648-1727), who was Herman Henstenburgh's teacher as both artist and baker. The trio was completed by Herman's son, Anton Henstenburgh (1695-1781).
According to the near-contemporary chronicler, Johan van Gool, Henstenburgh started out by depicting birds and landscapes, and then broadened his repertoire after about 1695 to include flowers and fruit pieces. Van Gool went on to explain the extraordinary richness of Henstenburgh's colors by claiming that the artist had invented a new type of watercolor.
See also lots 144 and 145.
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