Lot 146: OTTO MARSEUS VAN SCHRIECK NIJMEGEN 1619/20 (?) - 1678 AMSTERDAM

A FOREST FLOOR, WITH A MILK THISTLE, FUNGI, A WOOD SNAIL, A QUEEN OF SPAIN FRITILLARY, AN EMPEROR MOTH AND AN ASPIS ADDER ATTACKING A FLEDGLING FROM A NEST OF A SEDGE-WARBLER

measurements note
52 by 43.5 cm.; 20 1/2 by 17 1/8 in.

signed and dated lower right: OTTO/ Marsyus. 1666

oil on canvas

PROVENANCE

Dr. Paul Hoeberechts, Toronto, by 1954;
Thence by descent until sold ('The Property of a Lady'), Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 13 May 2003, lot 82, where acquired by the present owner.

EXHIBITED

London (Canada), University of Western Ontario, McIntosh Memorial Gallery, Loan Exhibition of 17th Century Dutch Masters, 20 February - 20 March 1954.

LITERATURE

Loan Exhibition of 17th Century Dutch Masters, exhibition catalogue, London (Canada), University of Western Ontario, McIntosh Memorial Gallery, 20 February - 20 March 1954, p. 14, reproduced.