Lot 36
Lot 36
Property from the Collection of Gayfryd Steinberg
ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)

Four butterflies and three moths

    Price Realised USD 6,000
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    USD 5,000 - USD 7,000
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    ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)

    Four butterflies and three moths

    Price Realised USD 6,000
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    Price Realised USD 6,000
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    ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)
    Four butterflies and three moths
    signed with initials ‘A. HB. fec’ (lower right)
    pen and ink and watercolor on vellum
    111⁄2 x 151⁄2 in. (29 x 39.5 cm)
    Provenance
    with Otto Naumann Gallery, New York.
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    Lot Essay

    Like his father Herman Henstenburgh (1667-1726), Antony Henstenburgh was active in Hoorn as a draftsman specializing in the depiction of insects.

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