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Johanna Herolt (1668–1723)
Still life with fruit and Blue-Backed Manakin c.1705?
Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic on vellum | 31.1 x 41.9 cm (whole object) | RCIN 921239
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A watercolour of Cherries, Pear, Fig, Peaches and Plums in a bowl with a Blue-Backed Manakin (Charoxiphia pareola), ants and a fly. This watercolour combines the late seventeenth-century tradition of still-life painting with Merian’s interest in exotic species. The blue and white china bowl is typical of a Dutch still life of this period while the Blue-Backed Manakin is a native of Suriname (this bird is probably a specimen which had been brought back to Amsterdam where there was a lively market in exotic species). Another version of this composition is in a private collection (Christie's New York, 25 January 2007, lot 52).
Provenance
Dr Richard Mead (1673–1754); his sale (London, Abraham Langford, 13–16 January 1755, lot 66), where purchased by an unknown collector; sold 15 June 1768 (London, Paterson and Eve, lot 572), where purchased by Sir John Hill via Wilson; George III by c.1810
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour and bodycolour with gum arabic on vellum
Measurements
31.1 x 41.9 cm (whole object)
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RL 21239Alternative title(s)
Unused design for the Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
