Vincent Laurentsz. van der Vinne II (Haarlem 1686 - 1742)
A Sprig of Mirabilis Jalapa
watercolor over pencil on laid paper
270 x 237 mm
signed and dated on an old tab of paper, presumably the remains of an old margin: 'Vinc: Van d.r Vinne Fec: 1705'
Little is known about Vincent Laurentsz van der Vinne. He was born to an artistic family in Haarlem in 1686; his father, Laurens Vincentsz was a painter, as were his...
Little is known about Vincent Laurentsz van der Vinne. He was born to an artistic family in Haarlem in 1686; his father, Laurens Vincentsz was a painter, as were his brothers Jacob and Jan Laurensz. Like his father, he mostly painted landscapes - often featuring his native Haarlem, such as his Courtyard of the Proveniershof, now kept in the Frans Hals Museum - and still life subjects, often singular plants or flowers.
The present sheet depicts a sprig of Mirabilis Jalapa, otherwise known as the Marvel of Peru or the four 'o clock flower. As its name suggests, it was first discovered in South America, but as it could be cultivated with relative ease in Northern Europe too, by the seventeenth century it had found its way there.
Provenance
Galerie J. Kraus, Paris, 1977;
Sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 16 November 1981, lot 144;
A.M. van den Broek (1932 - 1995), Haarlem;
By descent.