Tulip, Two Branches of Myrtle and Two Shells

• Tulip, Two Branches of Myrtle and Two Shells
• Tulip, two Branches of Myrtle and two Shells

RP-T-1899-A-4295

This sheet is likely a work by Maria Sibylla Merian, a celebrated artist and natural scientist. She struck a pleasing balance between the artistic and the scientific. The peeled-back tulip petal overlapping the myrtle branch on the right adds a sense of depth and dynamism to the overall flat arrangement meant for scholarly observation.

draughtsman: attributed to Maria Sibylla Merian

1657 - 1717

penseel in waterverf en dekverf, over sporen van grafiet, op perkament

height 336 mm x width 240 mm

Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

purchase 1899-12

Public domain

…; collection William Pitcairn Knowles (1820-94), Rotterdam and Wiesbaden (L. 2643); his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 25-6 June 1895, no. 422, fl. 17, to the dealer H.J. Valk, Amsterdam; from whom, fl. 19.55, to the museum (L. 2228), with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, 1899

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/200406213