Lush and Lovely c. 1750 Four Vignette Dutch Watercolor on Watermarked Wove shelf object and then birds

and then birds

I find looking at them closely feels akin to taking a deep breath

with red bleed to the corners of a couple of subsequent pages

I love all sorts of objects transformed by fire and other forces

Lush and Lovely c. 1750 Four Vignette Dutch Watercolor on Watermarked Wove shelf object and then birdsI know from the seller I purchased this watercolor from that it dates to the mid 1700s and is Dutch (one of several they had extracted from a folio) but having bought and sold a few 18th century Dutch watercolors, I think I could have told you that myself! To my eye just lush loveliness, super rich color, on nice heavy wove paper with a watermark as shown in last photo. I wish I had dozens of these to fill a whole room with! 12 1 2" x 8 1 8". Very