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.

Lizards and Scorpion

Ascribed to Pieter Holsteyn
1614-1687

Lizards and Scorpion

8 1/16 x 12 1/2 inches (205 x 318 mm)
Watercolor and opaque watercolor over black chalk, on laid paper.
2010.161

Bequest of Charles Ryskamp.

Inscriptions/Markings
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)
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.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department