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Attractive watercolour of a species of tiger lily

[VINNE, Jan Jansz. van der].
[Tiger lily].
[Netherlands, ca. 1780?]. Watercolour on a half sheet of laid paper (42.5 x 27.5 cm), mounted on wove paper. In a passepartout.
€ 12,500
Attractive watercolour drawing of one of the several similar looking species of lily known as tiger lily, with their particular spotted red/orange flowers, probably Lilium lancifolium, native to Japan and other parts of Asia. The drawing is not signed, but can be attributed to the Dutch flower painter Jan Jansz. van der Vinne (1734-1805), one of the members of a family of notable artists.
The old reference number ("3.11.66 Gevers") indicates it belonged to a member of the Dutch Patrician family Gevers, all known collectors. Dozens of botanical drawings by the Van der Vinne family ended up at a Christies auction in 1989, but it didn't include our present drawing. This sale did include four other watercolours by Jan Jansz. van der Vinne, each with a Gevers reference number very close to the present and three with the same C & I Honig countermark.
With only some thumbing on the mounting paper, otherwise in very good condition. Cf. Christie's, Dutch, Flemish and German drawings (Amsterdam, 21-11-1989), 126-129; for Gevers: Engel, Alphabetical list of Dutch zoological cabinets and menageries, pp. 93-95.
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