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Michiel van Huysum (1703–1777) was a Dutch painter and draughtsman associated with Amsterdam's artistic milieu. A half-brother of Jan van Huysum, he belonged to a family particularly linked with flower painting. His work includes still lifes of fruit and plants as well as Italianate landscapes. He maintained connections with the Amsterdam collector Jan Jansz. de Neufville.
Sheets held by the Rijksmuseum demonstrate the importance of watercolour in his practice. Fruit, branches and flowers become independent subjects, explored through their forms and colours. His Italianate Landscape of 1744, made in Amsterdam, combines a pastoral scene with ruins. This coexistence of botanical observation and composed landscape characterises a practice that extends the family tradition while investigating several possibilities within drawing.
This profile brings together identity references for Michiel van Huysum and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Kornfeld · Lempertz
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Watercolour
Pfirsiche, Haselnüsse und Zierkürbis
watercolour
Catalogue period : 2024-09-10
Published result : 1600 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 1000
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Pfirsich, Haselnüsse, Baumnuss, rote Johannisbeeren, Zierkürbis
watercolour
Catalogue period : 2024-09-10
Published result : 6500 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 2500
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Watercolour on paper
Stillleben mit Trauben, Pfirsich, Nüssen, einer Pflaume und einem Kürbis
Aquarell auf Papier
Auction date : 2023-11-18
Published result : 3528 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 3000
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