Author: SLIJPER, Hendrik Johannes (artist).
Title: [A hawk perched on a birch branch].[The Netherlands], 1973. Gouache and watercolour drawing on greyish paper (ca. 74.5 x 57.5 cm). With a manuscript dedication by the artist “Voor Joosje & Thomas Rap”, signed “H.J. Slijper” and dated “1973” in black ink in the lower right-hand corner. In passepartout and framed (ca. 100 x 80.5 cm).
Description: Impressive, large sized drawing by the Dutch artist Hendrik Johannes Slijper (1922-2007) depicting a hawk sitting on a birch branch looking for its prey. This hawk is a member of the birds of prey family “Accipitridae”, of which the genus “Accipiter” was commonly used for falconry, with the Eurasian sparrowhawk as one of its favourites.Henk Slijper was a pupil of the Dutch artist Adrianus Miolée (1879-1961) in Haarlem and studied with the Dutch artist Piet van Wijngaerdt (1873-1964) in Amsterdam. He was active as teacher at the “Gooise Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten” in Laren and is best known as the illustrator of the authoritative work Roofvogels en uilen van Europa (Birds of prey and owls of Europe) written by the Dutch ornithologist Karel Hendrik Voous (1920-2002), first published in 1986 (Leiden, E.J. Brill and W. Backhuys).From the collection of the Dutch publisher Thomas Willem Rap (1933-1999) and his wife Johanna Maria (Joosje) van Reeuwijk (d. 2023). A few faint waterstains in the lower blank margin. Otherwise in very good condition.l Cf. for the artist: Scheen II, p. 355.

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