Live Auction 1961Old Master And 19th Century Drawings
Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682-1749)
Lot 154 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682-1749)

A bouquet of flowers in a terracotta vase

Closed24 January 2008

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Jan van Huysum (Amsterdam 1682-1749)
A bouquet of flowers in a terracotta vase
black chalk, grey wash, heightened with white, watermark Arms of Amsterdam
15¼ x 11¾ in. (387 x 298 mm.)

With M. Knoedler & Co., New York (inv. CA-387).
Howard and Mary Joynt, Alexandria, Virginia, by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

It has been suggested that fully worked drawings of this type were made by van Huysum to demonstrate the possibilities of a composition to a prospective patron.
We are grateful to Dr. Sam Segal for providing additional provenance information.