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Lot 129: ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANNES BRONCKHORST

Est: $5,000 USD - $7,000 USDSold:
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 27, 2010

Item Overview

Description

A FLYING DRAGON AND VARIOUS INSECTS
Numbered on the verso: 3/32 in an old hand in brown ink lower left corner, and 995 in graphite lower center

Dimensions

7 1/8 by 10 7/8 in; 183 by 277 mm

Medium

Gouache with gum arabic, within brown ink framing lines

Notes



Two very similar drawings are known, depicting the same lizard but surrounded by different insects. One, in Florence, is a signed work by Johannes Bronckhorst, while the other has been tentatively attributed by Anne Zaal to Herman Henstenburgh. (1)

1. See Anne M. Zaal, Herman Henstenburgh 1667-1726, Dissertation, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1991, vol. I, p. 85, reproduced fig. 8, and vol. II, catalogue number B 001, reproduced

Auction Details

Old Master Drawings

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Sotheby's
January 27, 2010, 10:00 AM EST

1334 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, US