Ascribed to Pieter Holsteyn

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Ascribed to Pieter Holsteyn
1614-1687
Lizards and Scorpion
Watercolor and opaque watercolor over black chalk, on laid paper.
8 1/16 x 12 1/2 inches (205 x 318 mm)
Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.
2010.161
Inscription: 

Inscribed at lower right, in graphite, Peter Holsteyn le vieux; at upper left, 59; on verso, at lower left, in graphite, holstein; at upper right right, in black chalk, 84.
Watermark: Arms of Amsterdam over "HG". (Heawood no. 434: Holland, ca.1685)

Provenance: 
Acquired from Richard Day Ltd. (dealer), London; Charles Ryskamp.
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Associated names: 

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. 16.

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