Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in a Pot

Arnoldus Syens
1640-1678

Prickly Pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) in a Pot

13 x 8 1/8 in (330 x 208 mm)
Watercolor over dark graphite on laid paper.
2010.176

Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.

Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed at lower left, in pen and brown ink, "Ficus judica folio longiore / spinosussimo. / Ansilvestris Ban'h: Pin:".
Watermark: Letters "PB" placed between two chain lines.
Associated names
Vorenkamp, Alphonse, 1898-1953, former owner.
Ryskamp, Charles, former owner.
Bibliography
William Griswold et. al., The World Observed: Five Centuries of Drawings from the Collection of Charles Ryskamp. New York, 2001, no. 25, repr. in color.
New York 1948, no. 52
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department