[HUYSUM, Michiel van].
[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.
€ 7,500
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), nos. 42 & 44 (watercolours with similar still lifes with fruit), pp. 26-27; for the watermark: Churchill 255.
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