Aert Schouman (Dutch, 1710-1792), A Malay Jay

Aert Schouman (Dutch, 1710-1792)A Malay JayBlack chalk, watercolor, within pen and black ink framing linesPaper size: 12 1/2 x 8 in.Framed size: 23 x 18 1/4 in.Provenance: Beets & Fontein, Benbroek, 26 June 1964; Saam and Lily Nijstad (the Unicorno Collection), The Hague; W. Graham Arader III.Literature: Kleur en Raffinement, Tekeningen uit de Unicorno Collectie, Exh. Cat., Amsterdam, Museum Het Rembranthius and Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, 1994-1995, p.27, reproduced p. 28, fig. 8 (as Aert Schouman); Charles Dumas, “Vogelaquarellen van Aert Schouman in de Unicrono collectie”, in Antiek 28 (1994-1995), no. 4, p. 38, reproduced p. 37, fig. 6 (as Aert Schouman).  Aert Schouman was a prolific artist who specialized in flower painting and engraving on glass but was foremost in natural history painting. After training with F. Greenwood and Adriaen van den Burg, he became a master painter at The Hague in 1748, and three years later, regent of the art academy. By 1762 he had been appoint