Lot 45: ERNST STUVEN HAMBURG CIRCA 1657 - 1712 ROTTERDAM A FOREST FLOOR STILL LIFE WITH AN ASPIS ADDER

ERNST STUVEN HAMBURG CIRCA 1657 - 1712 ROTTERDAM A FOREST FLOOR STILL LIFE WITH AN ASPIS ADDER ATTACKING A RED ADMIRAL, TOGETHER WITH A PEACOCK BUTTERFLY AND OTHER BUTTERFLIES, A LIZARD, SNAILS AND A GOLD THISTLE, WITH A BIRD AND A RAT NEAR A BIRD'S NEST

signed lower right: E Stuve..

oil on canvas

CATALOGUE NOTE

A similar signed composition was sold London, Sotheby's, 30 October 1996, lot 170.

61.6 by 52 cm.