Herman Henstenburgh

Description

Dutch, 1667-1726
Study of Eight Different Moths
Signed in black ink with conjoined initials HB. Fec (lr)
Inscribed in graphite by a later hand with letters beside each insect: a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h
Watercolor, gouache, and tempera over graphite on vellum
7 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (18.3 x 25.0 cm)
Frame 9 x 11 1/2 inches (23 x 29.4 cm)
Provenance:
William Mayor (d. 1874), London (Lugt 2799)
[Sale] Sotheby's, London, March 17, 1882
Collection of Joanne duPont Foster
[Sale] Doyle, New York, May 20, 2025, lot 89
Private collection, New York

Condition

Some rippling of the vellum

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