5793 - 6157 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- Oblique crease w. some clumsily restored parts in centre; trifle foxed/ browned; 2 wormholes.
= Attractive composition i.a. w. 6 (4x col.) drawings of people in landscapes; the title-p. of "Sabinus en Eponina; Treurspel" (Amst., I. Duim, 1741) and miscell. calligraphed textpages.
- Dam. area in lower margin and small dam. spot in sky area (restorable); paint in outer margin flaked off (not visible); some craquelé; varnish occas. yellowed.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
- Some foxing.Ruytenschildt, A.J. (1778-1841). (Study of a man lying on his stomach). Drawing, black crayon, 15x17 cm., monogrammed "AJR" in lower left corner, framed.
- A few vague stains and some sl. foxing.
Anonymous (18th cent.). (Soldier with a lance). Drawing, pencil, 8,5x7,5 cm., framed.
- Two folds in top margin.
= LNP 109; Van H. 143.
= On 17th century laid paper with a vague unidentified (partial?) watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIII.
= On laid paper with Amsterdam coat of arms. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIV.
= On verso an annotation in pencil: "Aqua Citola 1674". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLIV.
- Some very vague folds/ creases. Verso some sm. brown stains, sl. shining through and 3 rubbed spots in upper margin from former mounting.
- Sl. foxed.
= On woven paper. The clothing of the skaters can be dated around 1800-1810.
- Crease near left edge; nevertheless fine.
= On paper with large "Pro Patria" watermark. With attribution on verso mount.
- A few vague foxed spots; a few tiny defects to the paper/ ink in left part. Not examined outside frame.
- Foxed. = Previously attributed to Van de Velde. From the collection of I.Q. van Regteren Altena.
- Image cropped compared to the published print.
Monogrammist "M de RA" (early 20th cent.). "J.E.W. Duijs. Impressie van verre gezien". Drawing, black chalk, finished w. brown and white, monogrammed, "25 Maart 1913" and titled.
= Nice, somewhat caricatural portrait, possibly by Marie van Van Regteren Altena.
- With numerous pinholes for copying the composition; cut in two section and later reattached.
= With the collector's mark of Emile Wauters (Lugt 911) on recto. With watermark coat of arms with a French lily. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLV.
= Cut out sections from calligraphed texts or letters, showing i.a. exotic figures and a carnation.
Greeve, S. (1760-±1815). (Boy klinging to a cow). Drawing, brush and brown ink, 7x12 cm., signed "S: Greeve fec 1811 10/2" in pencil.
= Perhaps intended for an album amicorum.
Ven, H. van de (late 18th cent.). "Gezigt van de opkruying vanhet Ys, de overstrooming, en de dykbreuk te Veuuren den 22sten February 1799". Drawing, brush/ pen and ink, 18,2x31,4 cm.
- Somewhat soiled.
= A view by an amateur of the village of Vuren which was flooded after the dyke breach caused by the ice shove in february 1799.
AND 8 other drawings: 7 small drawings by F. KLUPPEL (all signed and dated 1803), a portrait of a gentleman ("Hr. Pauw te s'hage overleden in den Jaer 1818").
- Sl. yellowed; upper corners repaired; vague horizontal fold; verso rubbed along upper margin from former mounting.
ADDED: a pen and ink drawing of the Smaksteeg, Amsterdam (26x15 cm., titled and signed "GWillemsen" in pencil. Browned).
- Tipped onto mount. = For the greater part a capriccio.
- Lacks lower left corner; dam. spot in lower right corner; pinholes in upper corners; sm. tear in upper right corner; remnants of former tipping in on verso.
= Attractive view.
- Tipped together on one mount. = Nice views. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLV.
- Cut to the borderline and laid down (signature probably cut off).
- Sl. duststained/ foxed; paper remnants of former tipping-in on verso.
= With the collector's marks of W. Pitcairn Knowles (1820-1894) (Lugt 2643) and Herman Gerard Mos (1875-1945) (Lugt 3882). On laid paper with foolscap watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXLVIII.