Delicate fruit still life by a member of the Van Huysum family by Michiel van Huysum
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Natureza morta de fruta delicada por um membro da família Van Huysum 1733 - 1777

Michiel van Huysum

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18 ⨯ 30 cm
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  • Sobre arte
    [Watercolour with fruits on paper].
    [Netherlands, ca. 1733-1777]. 18.5 x 30.5 cm. Watercolour on paper with a branch of redberries, two peaches, a blue plum, an opened walnut, an opened hazel nut and a large green/blue pumpkin.

    Beautiful still life of fruits by Michiel van Huysum (1703-1777), a painter of flowers and fruits. He was a brother of the famous still life painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1740). Michiel van Huysum's active working years are estimated between 1729 and 1759, his work is extremely rare.
    Paper with watermark: 'D&C Blauw'.
    Some foxing. Watercolour in very good condition.
    Scheen p. 239; Thieme & Becker XVIII, p. 209. Cf.: L.J. Bol, Bekoring van het kleine (Vlaardingen ca. 1970), nrs. 42 & 44 (watercolours with similar still lifes with fruit), pp. 26-27. For the watermark: Churchill 255.
  • Sobre artista
    Michiel van Huysum nasceu em Amsterdã. Ele nasceu em uma família artística de artistas. Michiel é conhecido por suas paisagens árcades, aquarelas de frutas e flores. Ele morreu aos 74 anos em Amsterdã. Ele era o filho mais novo do pintor Justus van Huysum (I); e irmão de Jan van Huysum e tio de Francina Margaretha van Huysum