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RP-T-1953-35
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Lazuli Bunting

c. 1670 - c. 1719

Medium

brush

Dimensions

h 166mm × w 125mm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

paper; watercolor (paint)

Object Type

drawing

Subject Matter

birds

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1953

Notes

height 166 mm x width 125 mm

Collection Type

drawings

About Jan Weenix

1621–1659Dutch Republic

There have been varying opinions concerning when and where the artist died, due to confusion regarding a man also named Jan Wenincx who died at Doetinchem, Gelderland, sometime before 1663. However, since it cannot be proven that this Jan Wenincx was a painter, there seems little reason to dispute Houbraken's statement that Weenix moved to the Huis ter Mey, near Utrecht, three years before his premature death in 1660 or 1661. In his sister's will of November 1663 Weenix was mentioned as deceased. Comment on works: Still Life; Genre; Ruins; Marines; Landscapes; Architecture