Study of Butterfly and Insects
c. 1655
Painter, Flemish, 1626 - 1679

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on copper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 11 x 14.8 cm (4 5/16 x 5 13/16 in.)
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Accession
1983.19.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Comte de Joigny, France. (Brian Koetser Gallery, London), in 1966.[1] John Dimick, Chevy Chase, Maryland; gift 1983 to NGA.
[1] According to the catalogue of the 1966 exhibition at the Brian Koetser Gallery, the painting came from the collection of the "Count of Joigny, France." A label taken from the back of the painting (in NGA curatorial files) is from the autumn exhibition presented by Leonard Koetser Ltd., but no year is indicated. Both Koetser galleries held annual autumn exhibitions that frequently featured Dutch and Flemish paintings.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1966
Autumn Exhibition of Old Master Paintings, Brian Koetser Gallery, London, 1966, no. 44, repro.
1998
A Collector's Cabinet, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1998, no. 29, fig. 60.
1999
A Moral Compass: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Painting in the Netherlands, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1999, no. 13, repro.
Bibliography
1985
European Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 214, repro.
2005
Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Flemish Paintings of the Seventeenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2005: 120-122, color repro.
2020
Wheelock, Arthur K., Jr. Clouds, ice, and Bounty: The Lee and Juliet Folger Collection of Seventeenth-Century Dutch and Flemish Paintings. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2020: 31, 32, fig. 15.
Wikidata ID
Q20177410