A Sheet with Seven Different Insects

Pieter Withoos, c. 1680 - c. 1692

Just like his father, brothers, and sisters, Pieter Withoos trained himself as a draughtsman and painter. His career took off when the wealthy Agneta Block engaged him to draw her impressive collection of foreign plants, insects and birds. At Vijverhof, her estate in Loenen aan de Vecht, she cultivated the most exotic flowers and plants, including the first pineapple in Europe.

  • Artwork typedrawing, aquarel
  • Object numberRP-T-1951-328
  • Dimensionsheight 238 mm x width 345 mm
  • Physical characteristicswatercolour, with opaque watercolour, over traces of graphite

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Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Sheet with Seven Different Insects
    • A Sheet with Seven Different Insects

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1951-328

  • Part of catalogue

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Pieter Withoos

  • Dating

    c. 1680 - c. 1692

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    watercolour, with opaque watercolour, over traces of graphite

  • Dimensions

    height 238 mm x width 345 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1951

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds by the museum, 1951

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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