Lot 700: Pieter Withoos (Amersfoort 1654-1693 Amsterdam)

Four cultivars of the garden tulip, from the garden of Louis de Marle of Haarlem all signed and dated '1683' watercolour and bodycolour, signed and dated 'PWithoos: fe: i683.', two with watermark Arms of Amsterdam each 320 x 205 mm. (4) PROVENANCE Miss Erica Johnson; Sotheby's, London, 15 March, 1966, lots 101 and 102 (to Dreesmann). Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory nos. B-1 and B-2). EXHIBITION Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr A.C.R. Dreesmann, 1982, no. 28. Istanbul, Ibrahim Pasha Museum The Tulip as a Symbol of two Nations, 1993. Nationale Stichting de Nieuwe Kerk te Amsterdam, De tulp en de Kunst: Verhaal van een Symbool, 1994. NOTES Pieter Withoos and his sister Alida were the most accomplished of the four children who were taught by and continued the flower painting tradition of their father Mattias (1621-1703). In addition to the present four studies commissioned by de Malle, Pieter also made studies of fritill…ries in de Malle's garden at Haarlem. Pieter was moreover an accomplished painter of insects. Six of his insect and butterfly studies, all of which were formerly in the collection of the Dutch animal painter Conradijn Cunaeus (1828-1895), were sold in these Rooms, 3 May, 1979, lots 52-57.