Pieter Holsteyn
Blad met zes kevers
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Blad met zes kevers” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Pieter Holsteyn grouped six different species of beetles like precious jewels on the sheet of paper. He beautifully captured the metallic sheen of their ‘armour.’ Such nature studies were earmarked as having been made naer het leven or ad vivum, ‘from life.’ However, that should not be taken too literally in this case. He probably drew dead specimens. After all, insects are impatient models: they do not care to stay still.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- RP-T-1899-A-4262
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
