- A few vague creases. = On paper with "J. Kool" watermark.
- Yellowed and sl. creased/ w. vague folds; chipped in blank margins. = On paper with grid in pencil.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
= Title in later pen on verso.
- Mounted on board under passepartout.
- Some scattered thin scratches.
- Craquelure; edges trifle worn.
- Yellowed. = Provenance: from the collection of J. and C. Ulmann (Lugt 3533).
Monogrammist "B. de B." (early 20th cent.). (Retreat of two Russian soldiers during the Napoleonic wars). Drawing after F.H.E. PHILIPPOTEAUX, crayon and black chalk, heightened w. white gouache, 45,5x35 cm., monogrammed in lower right corner.
- Doubled; closed marginal tears; sl. soiled.
= Gobius (1815-1899) became an amateur artist and art collector later in life. Annotation on verso (by the artist?) in pencil: "Portret van: H.A.F.A. Gobius naar het leven door Cs.F. Curtenius Bentinck te Utrecht den 20 Mei 1833 ten huize zijner Moeder Mevrouw de Wed. Bentinck geb. Sanders boven Abrahamsen Oud Kerkhof te Utrecht". Bentinck was a student at the art academy in Utrecht and was probably a personal friend of Gobius.
- Laid down on board. = Attribution on verso frame.
- Cut out image and remargined; trifle thumbed.
= On paper with unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 4993).
= On laid paper with coat of arms of Amsterdam watermark.
- Frame w. sm. dam. in lower edge. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Foxed. = Benjamin Bolomey was a court portraitist in the service of Stadtholder Willem V.
- Soiled along edges; a few chafed spots, shallow scratches.
= Perhaps the Grote Kerk of Haarlem in the background. The large ship on the left carries a flag with the coat of arms of Haarlem. Works by this artist are very rare. From the collection of C.G. 't Hooft, former curator of Museum Fodor, with his manuscript collector's mark ("Hft. oct. 1921") on verso. According to his annotations on verso bought by him from "[art dealer Jacob?] Vas Diaz" (Amsterdam) in 1921. Formerly owned by a notary "Mabé te Haarlem" (perhaps Pieter Mabé junior). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVIII.
- Trifle faded.
= With annotation on verso by the artist "Baambrugh 1750" (partly shining through on recto). Very attractive view. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CVI.