- Soiled and w. waterstain near upper edge.
Anonymous (17th cent., French school). (Two figures). Two drawings, black chalk and pen and brown ink, both 23,5x16,5 cm. (leaf).
- On thin laid paper, probably oiled(?), 1x w. closed tear.
= Both with modern attribution to Charles Le Brun, probably his surroundings. Both with the collector's marks of Alfred II Beurdeley (Lugt 421) (1847-1919) and Carlo Lucido (Lugt 3269).
AND 9 other (sm.) drawings, mostly 18th/ 19th cent., i.a. a sketch for a portrait.
- Chafed spots (nibbled by silverfish?) along attached parts; vertical fold in centre; dustsoiled.
= Large allegorical scene with manuscript texts on shields, i.a. "Moed. Trouw. Beleid". With manuscript text below: "De waarheid vertrapt" and "al haar doen scheen voor het algemeen, maar het was voor hun alleen."
- Laid down on paper mount along left margin.
- Ink trifle faded; sl. yellowed; a few vague foxed spots; tiny closed tear in outer margin; tiny closed hole in upper right part.
= Possibly St. Francis.
= With the collector's mark of Mathias Polakovits (Lugt 3561).
= In the syle of Abraham de Haen or Cornelis Pronk.
AND 4 other (early) 19th cent. drawings, two views of houses/ manor and a walled river town and a farm called Croonenburg (probably from the Zaanstreek).
= On laid paper with watermark of Pierre Montgolfier, dated 1742.
AND 6 others, mostly counterprints of drawings, mostly 18th cent.
- Folds in ample margins; sl. dustsoiled. = With contemp. annot. in black ink on verso.
- Foxed; cut on the borderline on left side. = With attribution to Jean-Baptiste Oudry on verso.
- Lacks part of both upper corners; sl. foxed; sm. hole in lower right corner.
= On laid paper showing a watermark resembling a fleur-de-lis.
- Some foxing; small hole in left margin.
- Two tiny horizontal waterstains in the tower behind the bridge.
= Nice drawing, in the style of Cornelis Pronk. Provenance: "Veiling Van Huffel 22 Mei 1928" (annot. in pen and ink on verso). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Doubled w. Japanese. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Left edge 2 dents; partly browned.
AND an anonymous 19th cent. pencil drawing of a farmer's wife (21x18 cm., laid down under passepartout).
- Upper corners tipped onto paper mount.
- Rubbed spots.
Benefigli, C. (18th cent.). (Samson sends foxes to destroy the crops of the Philistines). Drawing, pen and brown ink, pencil underdrawing, 24x28 cm., signed "C:re Benefigli" and "Ao.38" in pen and ink. - AND 5 others, i.a. a 17th cent. drawing after J. CALLOT, showing a beggar with a rosary (after the print from the series of Beggars).
- Sl. fingersoiled; upper and lower edge chipped.
= Attractive drawing on laid paper with part of a mid-18th cent. Dutch watermark.
Anonymous (early 19th cent.). (Village view with a man riding a wheel barrow with a cask). Drawing, brush/ pen and ink, 14,4x20,3 cm., on velin paper.
- A few sm. duststains; sm. crease in lower and upper left corner.
= With the collector's numbering by Jacob Helmont (1747-1808) on verso.