AST, Balthasar van der
(b. 1594, Middelburg, d. 1657, Delft)

Lizard and Shell

1620s
Gouache, 313 x 202 mm
Institut Néerlandais, Paris

This drawing belongs to a series of at least 483 sheets representing flowers, shells, and insects. The monogram BA that appears on almost every drawing of this series differs from Van der Ast's usual signature. The monogram may have been introduced by a later owner.

Inscribed in calligraphy: Bruijn gewatert Belleken; lower right BA.




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