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Still Life with Flowers, Fruit, a Great Tit and a Mouse
Herman Henstenburgh, c. 1700 - c. 1710
Herman Henstenburg earned his living baking pies, the takeaway meal of the period. He painted his delightful watercolours of flowers, fruit and insects purely for pleasure. Henstenburg developed a special kind of watercolour paint that was so bright and powerful, a contemporary remarked that it rivalled oil paint. His superb still lifes were famous among collectors in his own day, and far beyond his hometown of Hoorn.
- Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
- Object numberRP-T-1991-43
- Dimensionsheight 430 mm x width 336 mm
- Physical characteristicspotlood, penseel in waterverf en dekverf in kleuren, gouache