Hyporicum Baxiforum, with several snails and a beetle: 1146C

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Titles

Hyporicum Baxiforum, with several snails and a beetle

Maker(s)

Entities

Drawing

Notes

History note: Lord Bute, 1794; W. Esdaile (Lugt 2617); probably part of lot 1224 at the Esdaile Sale, 24 June 1840, bt. by Gunnery for 13/- (see also no. 1146A)

Legal notes

Through the National Art Collections Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 374 mm
Width: 306 mm

Relative size of this object

What does this represent?

Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1925-05) by Griffith, A. F.

Dating

Production date: AD 1695

Materials used in production

Watercolour

Components of the work

Support composed of vellum (skin)

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Watercolour on vellum

Inscription or legends present

Text: M Sybilla Merian
Location: Lower right
Type: Signature

Text: 1695
Location: Verso
Type: Date

Text: Lord Bute's colln 1794 WE P 66 N 841 (in Esdaile's hand)
Location: Verso

Text: Hyporicum Baxiforum / sue Androsemum. 1695 / Nevens observatie van de voorttelinge der groote Wijngaert slacken / met haer eyjeren als byleggende bescgryving, en adnere slacken
Method of creation: Ink

Text: Androsima of / Mans S(?)loet
Method of creation: Ink

References and bibliographic entries

The Golden Century; Dutch Master Drawings from the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: 1146C
Primary reference Number: 4823
Lugt: 2617
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 8 April 2021

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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