Rijksmuseum

Bladder Senna and Sticky Catchfly

Date

1682-07-10

Medium

paper, watercolor (paint)

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Saftleven made these two botanical drawings for Agneta Block, a well-to-do widow. After the death of her first husband, she purchased the Vijverhof country estate near Loenen aan de Vecht. She began cultivating exotic plants there, and commissioned a variety of artists to make drawings of all that blossomed in her garden.

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