A Sheet with Seven Different Insects

• A Sheet with Seven Different Insects
• Sheet with Seven Different Insects

RP-T-1951-328

Just like his father, brothers, and sisters, Pieter Withoos trained himself as a draughtsman and painter. His career took off when the wealthy Agneta Block engaged him to draw her impressive collection of foreign plants, insects and birds. At Vijverhof, her estate in Loenen aan de Vecht, she cultivated the most exotic flowers and plants, including the first pineapple in Europe.

draughtsman: Pieter Withoos

c. 1680 - c. 1692

penseel en waterverf in kleuren. met dekkende waterverf, over sporen van grafiet

height 238 mm x width 345 mm

Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

purchase 1951

Public domain

…; purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds by the museum, 1951

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