Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Cornelis van Spaendonck
A bouquet of flowers, including a rose and tulip
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July 6, 10:38 AM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Cornelis van Spaendonck
Tilburg 1756 - 1840 Paris
A bouquet of flowers, including a rose and tulip
Watercolour and goauche, heightened with white, within brown ink framing lines;
signed in grey ink, lower right: Corneille / Van Spaendonck.
264 by 203 mm
Cornelis van Spaendonck was trained in Antwerp and moved to Paris in 1773, following his elder brother, Gerard, who had settled there three years earlier. Cornelis joined the Sèvres porcelain factory as a flower painter, eventually becoming director from 1785-1800. Both Cornelis and his brother adopted French versions of their names and most of their paintings and works on paper are signed accordingly.