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Vanitas still life, with skull, flowers, candle and hour glass on a ledge
Auction: 05/19/2004
Lot: 199
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Herman Henstenburgh AUCTION RECORDS
1667 Hoorn, North Holland - 1726 Hoorn, North Holland. Known for: Still life painting and drawing, birds, insects, fruit and flowers.
Herman Henstenburgh (or Henstenburg) was a pupil of the natural history draughtsman Johannes Bronckhorst, whose studio in Hoorn he entered in 1683, and who also trained the young artist in his other... Read full biography
Herman Henstenburgh (or Henstenburg) was a pupil of the natural history draughtsman Johannes Bronckhorst, whose studio in Hoorn he entered in 1683, and who also trained the young artist in his other vocation as a pastry baker. Indeed, throughout his life Henstenburgh seems to have worked as a baker... Read full biography
Herman Henstenburgh (or Henstenburg) was a pupil of the natural history draughtsman Johannes Bronckhorst, whose studio in Hoorn he entered in 1683, and who also trained the young artist in his other vocation as a pastry baker. Indeed, throughout his life Henstenburgh seems to have worked as a baker in Hoorn, a relative artistic backwater, and his watercolours, despite being greatly admired, remained something of a hobby. The influence of Bronckhorst, as well as of Pieter Holsteyn the Younger,... Read full biography
Herman Henstenburgh (or Henstenburg) was a pupil of the natural history draughtsman Johannes Bronckhorst, whose studio in Hoorn he entered in 1683, and who also trained the young artist in his other vocation as a pastry baker. Indeed, throughout his life Henstenburgh seems to have worked as a baker in Hoorn, a relative artistic backwater, and his watercolours, despite being greatly admired, remained something of a hobby. The influence of Bronckhorst, as well as of Pieter Holsteyn the Younger, was to be important for Henstenburgh, particularly on his choice of subjects. As a draughtsman, he specialized in depictions of birds, insects, flowers and fruit, usually drawn on vellum. The contemporary biographer Johan van Gool noted that... Read full biography
Herman Henstenburgh (or Henstenburg) was a pupil of the natural history draughtsman Johannes Bronckhorst, whose studio in Hoorn he entered in 1683, and who also trained the young artist in his other vocation as a pastry baker. Indeed, throughout his life Henstenburgh seems to have worked as a baker in Hoorn, a relative artistic backwater, and his watercolours, despite being greatly admired, remained something of a hobby. The influence of Bronckhorst, as well as of Pieter Holsteyn the Younger, was to be important for Henstenburgh, particularly on his choice of subjects. As a draughtsman, he specialized in depictions of birds, insects, flowers and fruit, usually drawn on vellum. The contemporary biographer Johan van Gool noted that Henstenburgh’s earliest works were of birds and insects, and that it was not until around 1689 that he also began to produce finished watercolour drawin... Read full biography
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Still life with a monkey and a basket of flowers on a stone ledge
Herman Henstenburgh Auction: 11/02/2004Lot: 176Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA KING BIRD OF PARADISE (CICINNURIUS REGIUS) AND A SPIDERHUNTER (ARACHNOTHERA)
Herman Henstenburgh Auction: 01/26/2011Lot: 626Subscribe or get free alerts
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Urn garlanded with flowers, fruit with insects and snails on stone ledge
Herman Henstenburgh Auction: 05/10/1994Lot: 85Subscribe or get free alerts
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Thistles, daisies and mushrooms by pond with snake, lizard and insects
Herman Henstenburgh Auction: 05/10/1994Lot: 107Subscribe or get free alerts
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