5793 - 6157 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
= Amateur draughtsman. Vague annotation in brown ink near upper edge: "No. 3 63". Perhaps an auction lot number. His estate was sold in auction in 1829 in Amsterdam by P. Meijer Warnars.
AND 5 other drawings, i.a. a slightly naive street view of Amstelveen, dated 1808, a small drawing showing the St. Bavo church in Haarlem, signed "van Hove 3/12 36" and a very accurate copy after C. Pronk of the church in Huizen.
- Upper section leaf reattached.
= Rare drawing. With an extensive contemporary authentication on verso: "Het plaatselijke bestuur van Wageningen certificeert bij dezen dat dit stuk is een eigen werk van den schilder Wernerus de Beedt, binnen deze stad woonachtig. Wageningen den 18 April 1800 vijfentwintig (...).
- Leaf sl. browned.
= With signature/ signed "Abraham Begeyn 1650" or "Bega Jzn" in pencil on verso. With a partial watermark of a horn. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXV.
- A few foxed spots in blank margin; empty leaves of album sl. foxed. Corners of album worn.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVI.
WITH 5 other drawings in the same album, all tipped-in or mounted, i.a. C.G. GRASS (1767-1814), (Three cows) (pencil, heightened w. white and beige, signed "Grass pinxt" and "Zurich" in lower margin, on blue paper).
= Provenance: both from the collection of J. and C. Ulmann.
= With annotation/ signature? on verso "E . Beukelaer bij Arkel. Bloklant" in pencil.
- Yellowed. = With part of contemp. manuscript text on verso.
AND 1 similar by the same (with collector's mark of Hans van Leeuwen on verso (Lugt 2799a)).
- Brown oily stains.
= On laid paper with watermark showing a house topped with a snake coiling around a staff (German, ±1550-600). Cf. Piccard PPO 3-16-99 (Sulzberg, ±1596-1600). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVI.
= On laid paper with coat of arms of Amsterdam watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVI.
- Somewhat browned and foxed.
= The paper appears to be Japanese paper, which Van Borrsom used for other drawings. Cf. the drawing of the same village by Van Borssom in the British Museum and in extenso the accompanying 2nd note (mentioning this drawing) online. From the Goll van Franckenstein collection (sold Amsterdam, 1833, 'kunstboek' F, no.29) and sold again in the W. Pitcairn Knowles sale, 1895 (described as van Borssom, lot 91), with his collector's mark (Lugt 2643) and of Rud. Ph. Goldschmidt (±1840-1914) (Lugt 2926) on verso. Goldschmidt's collection sold in 1917 in Frankfurt (this drawing as Hulswit, lot 283. The church was greatly altered in 1718/19, so Hulswit would be unlikely). With the manuscript collector's mark of 't Hooft ("Hft") and extensive notes by him in pencil on the provenance and on the attribution. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXVII.
- Sl. soiled. = All from the collection of H. van Leeuwen with his collector's mark (Lugt 5935).
- Sl. soiled.
= With authentication in pen and ink on verso: "Uit Schetsboek (erased) van wijlen mijn oudoom Johannes Bosboom. W. ter Meulen Bosboom".
AND a smaller drawing of church interior, perhaps by him, with a later added monogram "JB".
- Sl. soiled and w. offsetting from former passepartout along edges.
= With a mounted card on the same mount, confirming the authenticity of the drawing: "Schets Joh. Bosboom L. Smit-Bosboom".
- Laid down on sl. later paper.