Henriette Gertrude Knip
(Tilburg 1783 - 1842 Haarlem)
"Various flowers in a glass goblet and some violets on a marble ledge"
on panel: 41 x 36 cm;
signed and dated 'Henriëtte Knip 1838'
Provenance
from the collection of art dealer P.A. Scheen, The Hague; sold to a Dutch lady circa 1976; thence by descent to her son.
ExhibitionsDen Bosch, Noordbrabants Museum, 'Bloemrijk Verleden/A Flowerful Past', 1982, cat. no. 87.
NotesIllustrated on the cover of a record from the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, directed by Neville Marriner, 'Academy Festival', EMI, 1976.
The painter came from an artistic family; her father was Nicolaas Frederik Knip, her brothers were Josephus Augustus Frederik Willem and Mattheus Derk Knip, and she was the aunt of Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, the famous paintress of cats.
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Category
Dutch 19th - 20th century
still life