Floris Hendrik Verster Dutch, 1861-1927

Huinck & Scherjon, Amsterdam, inv.no.1841
Collection E. van Kaathoven, Leiden
Collection Bake, Leiden
Collection Ir J.D. Waller, Driebergen
Private collection, The Netherlands

Rotterdam, Rotterdamse Kunstkring, Floris Verster, 1904, no. 64
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Floris Verster, 1961, no. 10
Groningen, Groninger Museum, Floris Verster, 1961, no. 10
Breda, De Beijerd, Floris Verster, 1961, no. 9
Laren, Singer Museum, Floris Verster 1861-1927, 12 December 1970 - 15 February 1971, no. 69, illustration 14
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Floris Verster en Menso Kamerlingh Onnes. Akwarellen en tekeningen ca. 1885 - 1900, 21 January - 21 March 1977, no. 9
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Floris Verster 1861-1927, 1986, no. 66
Arnhem, Gemeentemuseum, Floris Verster 1861-1927, 1986, no. 66
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Floris Verster (1861-1927), 25 October 2002 - 3 March 2003, no. 88

W. Scherjon, Floris Verster 1861-1927. Volledige geïllustreerde catalogus van zijn schilderijen, waskrijt- en waterverfteekeningen, en grafisch werk, Utrecht 1928, no. 35 on p. 52
C. Vogelaar, Floris Verster, Leiden & Oegstgeest 2002, pp. 24-25, illustration 33, cat.no. 35

Apparently in good condition. Unexamined out of frame.
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From 1888 onwards, Floris Verster and Menso Kamerling Onnes shared a studio in Vreewijk, where they worked till 1891. As Christiaan Vogelaar points out in his book on the artist, Verster's  studio was decorated with mirrors and glass vases to catch the  sparkling effects of light, this being an essential aspect of his art. In the same year 1888, Verster also painted a watercolour of the studio of Kamerlingh Onnes (see Vogelaar, illustration 34).

The present lot can be compared to a similar etching, illustrated in: C. Vogelaar, Floris Verster, Leiden/Oegstgeest 2002, no. 14 on p. 142