Narcissus jonquilla

by German/Swiss School J. E. W., 18th century

$1,600 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Provenance: Linel ink collector's stamp on verso . A high quality image that clearly is drawn from life, as the inscription claims. The artist's use of a dark prepared ground recalls the work of Barbara Regina Dietsch and her family. A search of Nissen's index of artists reveals one possible name: the Swiss artist Johann Emmanuel Wyss 1782-1837 . However, the maturity and assurance shown in the present drawing would seem to rule him out: he could have been no older than nine in

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