6427 - 6643 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- Drawing trimmed to the framing line; fine.
= Earlier sold as a drawing attributed to "J.H. Prins", at auction by Paul Brandt (14-12-1972). Current attribution by Van den Broek. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annots. on verso.
- Probably doubled; laid down on mount; foxed; a few small marginal tears.
= Attribution in pencil on mount.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's stamp on verso.
- A few foxed spots/ tiny vague stains; nevertheless fine.
AND 2 others (probably) by the same: a detailed pencil drawing of tower mill 'De Adriaan' and a pen drawing of saw mill 'De Liefhebber'.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, all with his collector's stamp on verso.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, all with his collector's stamp on verso.
- Partly cut short; a few vague folds.
= On laid paper with a watermark showing the coats of arms of Amsterdam (Churchill 64).
AND a anonymous similar smaller drawing.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, each with his collector's stamp/ signature on verso.
- Drawing on tracing paper dam. in blank margin.
AND 2 blue prints of the same ship.
= The "Concordia" was built around 1886 by Huygens & Van Gelder in Amsterdam.
- Occas. sl. dustsoiled/ trifle frayed.
= Interesting lot providing a good insight in the technical development of the Willem Daniël, which was built around 1854 by F.F. Groen on wharf De Boot in Amsterdam.
= The scene can be seen as an allegory on the search for Truth. By unveiling Sight people can see clearly. A jester is often a figure that can tell painful truths in ajoking manner.
- Drawing trimmed to framing line; sm. white paint(?) stain in centre.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark and attribution on verso.
= With collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on mount and on verso of drawing (Lugt 4617).
Koster, Everhardus. "Kerkhof Weimar". Watercolour w. pencil underdrawing, 18,7x22 cm., signed in lower left corner, titled on verso.
= With the collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso.
AND 1 other by G.J. MICHAELIS (from the same collection).
- Some surface dam. (silverfish), some foxing/ sl. yellowed.
- Laid down on later paper, w. a few sm. closed holes; sl. foxed/ duststained,
= Provenance: with an unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt) in centre upper edge; wth the collector's mark of (Emmanuel) Alfred Beurdeley II (1847-1919) (Lugt 421), son of the French antiquary of the same name. Then sold in the auction of his collection at Galerie Georges Petit, on 8-10 june 1920, under lot number 21 (German school, 16th cent.); sold in auction, 25 June 1970, Sotheby's London (lot 241); sold in auction in 1995 at Sothebys Amsterdam; Belgian private collection. Swart made a series of woodcuts showing a part of the parade of Suleiman, the Turkish emperor (Hollstein 8-12), published by Willem Liefrinck as a frieze in 1526. This drawing is the design for the two first sheets (Hollstein 8 and 9). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.










































