- Yellowed/ sl. foxed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.
= Perhaps an oil sketch.
- Sl. browned and fingersoiled; one drawing w. very sm. section torn off of upper right corner.
= Views by this amateur artist are very similar to the compositions by Abraham Rademaker but there are some significant differences. Somewhat naive but charming drawings. The Noord-Hollands archief holds a similar drawing by the same, depicting the Grote Houtpoort and the RKD mentions a drawing by the same of De Grote Markt, sold at auction a few times (first in 1754, auction Jan van der Vinne). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
= Design for the seal of Forum Hadriani Loge no. 56 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, an organisation resembling the Freemasonry.
- Varnish renewed; several (vague) horizontal dents.
= According to a label on verso of the frame this painting is by Godefridus Schalcken himself (and signed in upper right corner), with a provenance leading back to the collection Goudstikker. We found three references probably to this particular painting, regarding its provenance: Lijst van kunstwerken, door beoefenaars en verzamelaars bijeengebracht, om verloot te worden ten behoeve van Het Vaderland (Amst. 1831), no.95: "Saul bij de tooveresse te Endor, door of in de manier van Rembrand"; Veiling Amsterdam 25-01-1905, lot 815: "Godfried Schalcken. De Heks van Endor, Saul knielende voor de geest van Samuel, de heks op de achtergrond. Paneel. Fraai." (RKD: fichescollectie Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, no. 1483922) and Mak van Waay 12/15-12-1950, lot 75: "Koning Saul bij de waarzegster te Endor (...). Geparqueteerd paneel. H.74, B.97. Getekend." (RKD: fichescollectie Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, no. 1483921). Not mentioned in C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth century Based on the work of John Smith (London, 1913). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVII.
- Yellowed.
= With annot. by Van den Broek on verso: "Door Pieter Scheen te 's Gravenhage echte Schelfhout bevonden." Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Title supplied on verso.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his extensive annotation.
- 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.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.










































