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ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)
Lot 36Property from the Collection of Gayfryd Steinberg

ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)

Four butterflies and three moths

Closed28 January 2022

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USD 6,000

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ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)
Four butterflies and three moths
signed with initials ‘A. HB. fec’ (lower right)
pen and ink and watercolor on vellum
11 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in. (29 x 39.5 cm)

with Otto Naumann Gallery, New York.

Specialist note

Like his father Herman Henstenburgh (1667-1726), Antony Henstenburgh was active in Hoorn as a draftsman specializing in the depiction of insects.

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