Lot 943: ADRIANA VAN RAVENSWAAY (HILVERSUM 1816-1872)

ADRIANA VAN RAVENSWAAY (HILVERSUM 1816-1872)
ROSES, PEONIES, DELPHINIUM AND VARIOUS OTHER FLOWERS IN A VASE, TOGETHER WITH SHELLS AND A BIRDS NEST, ALL ON A STONE LEDGE
SIGNED AND DATED 'A A VAN RAVENSWAAIJ F 1849' (LOWER RIGHT)
OIL ON CANVAS
59.8 X 50.4 CM.

ROTTERDAM, HISTORISCH MUSEUM, BEZETEN BEZIT, KEUZETENTOONSTELLING UIT DE VERZAMELING VAN MEVROUW W.G. ELIAS-VAES TE ROTTERDAM, 18 APRIL-1 AUGUST 1970, NO. 16.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
ADRIANA VAN RAVENSWAAY WAS BORN IN 1816 IN HILVERSUM. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS PART OF AN ARTISTIC FAMILY, BEING THE SISTER OF JOHANNES VAN RAVENSWAAY (1815-1849) AND NIECE OF JAN VAN RAVENSWAAY (1789-1869), LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT HER. SHE LIVED AND WORKED IN HILVERSUM DURING HER ENTIRE LIFE, WHERE SHE DID MOST OF HER PAINTING AND TAUGHT ART CLASSES. VAN RAVENSWAAY IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR PAINTING STILL LIFES WHICH, LIKE THE PRESENT LOT, ARE EXCEPTIONALLY CHARMING WITH A LARGE VARIETY OF FLOWERS. A FEW TYPICALLY DUTCH LANDSCAPES CAN ALSO BE FOUND IN HER OEUVRE.