6099 - 6280
FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
(incl. drawings of Haarlem and surroundings from the collection A.M. van den Broek)
- Paper remnants on verso. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Small smudge in and near the monogram.
= Perhaps French. The motto "Sans varier" is i.a. used by the Vergy family (comte de Champlitte). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Possibly part of a signature in lower left margin (illegible). A few tiny holes/ thin spots, otherwise fine.
- Mediocre condition. Sl. browned; doubled and repaired. Old middle-fold; some old closed tears and corners sl. dam. Mouldy and worn sections.
= Nice drawing in the style of Nicolaes Berghem. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Fingersoiled and agetoned; sm. repairs in upper corners.
= On laid paper, no watermark visible. Probably Italian School.
- Laid down; sl. browned and dustsoiled.
= Probably Dutch or Flemish school. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Some thin/ restored spots. Trifle foxed/ dustsoiled.
= Attributed on mount to GERARD HOET (1648-1733).
- Folded; some dam. spots; fingersoiled; partly closed tear.
AND 1 other drawing, (Cornucopia), prob. by the same.
- Slightly frayed.
= All with guirlandes and allegorical elements and with captions: "Negotie"; "Navigatie"; "Vreede en Vrijheid" and "Vrijheid, Eendragt, Vrede, Getrouheid".
- Formerly folded. w. fold strengthened and repaired on verso; a few sm. stains; sm. hole in right part.
= On laid paper with watermark showing a fleur-de-lis and the monogram GB.
AND 12 other drawings, mostly views/ landscapes.
- Probably doubled w. Japanese.
= Delicate drawing in 17th century style. Provenance: the collection Jan Severijnse and later A.M. van den Broek, w. his collector's stamp on verso.
- Laid down on board; several closed tears in margins.
= Copy in reverse after the painting by Gerard Seghers, probably based on the print by S.A. BOLSWERT after the painting.
- On rather thick laid paper, no watermark discerned; foxed/ duststained.
= Sold in 1936 by the antiquarian Charles Férault (Paris) as a genuine Paulus Potter drawing. With Férault's collector's mark in lower right corner on recto (Lugt 2793A) and with the original receipt signed by Férault and reading i.a. "Un petit dessin par Paul Potter; "Taureau couché" and "Dessin garenti du Maître, Ecole Hollandaise du XVIIème siècle". Verso drawing reading "Potter, Paulus, schol [sic] Néd." in pencil.
- Two lower corners repaired w. later paper; doubled w. very thin paper; soiled; rubbed/ sl. worn along edges, w. various sm. repairs, closed holes and sm. tears.
= On laid paper with the watermark of papermakers "J. Honig en Zoonen" (active between 1765-1836).
- Sl. offsetting from former passepartout in margins. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: coll. John C. Schaller, of San Jose, California sold by Christie Manson & Woods, December, 1978. On laid paper with Pro Patria watermark.
- Vague vertical fold.
AND 2 similar anonymous watercolours, unif. framed with the above.
- Nice, sl. naive watercolours.