Lazuli Bunting
Jan Weenix
c. 1670 - c. 1719
Medium
brush
Dimensions
125; 166
About this artwork
height 166 mm x width 125 mm
Art Historical Context
Jan Weenix, a leading Dutch painter of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, created this delicate brush drawing of a Lazuli Bunting during the final decades of the Dutch Golden Age. Weenix is best known for his refined still-life paintings that often featured birds and game, and this small work reflects his lifelong fascination with the precise observation of nature. Measuring just 166 by 125 millimeters, the drawing’s intimate scale invites close viewing. Executed with a brush, it demonstrates the artist’s ability to convey texture and form through economical strokes, a techn...