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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
1112 x 1512 in. (29 x 39.5 cm)
Provenance
with Otto Naumann Gallery, New York.
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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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