Roses, carnations, a lily and other flowers in an urn decorated with putti on a stone ledge; and Grapes, plums and peaches and other fruit in a basket on marble ledge (L.N.P. 66-67)

Based on the watercolours of Jan van Huysum in the Collection of Ploos van Amstel, these etchings are known to have been first published in 1777. The inscriptions (versi) indicate that Ploos van Amstel coloured these by hand himself, and presented them to his close friend, the philosopher, writer and collector Frans Hemsterhuis (see L. Brummel, Frans Hemsterhuis, een philosofenleven, Haarlem, 1925). The last lines of the inscription on (2) may indicate that not Ploos van Amstel, but Elisabeth van Woensel, aunt of the artist Petronella van Woensel (1785-1839), was the author of these etchings. Ploos was Elisabeth's guardian, and she and her niece are known to have worked with him (T. Laurentius, J. Niemeijer, G. Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, Kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever, Assen, 1980, p. 116).