5648 - 5930
FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
(incl. drawings of Haarlem and surroundings from the collection A.M. van den Broek)
- Sl. browned/ foxed; sm. hole.
= With the collector's mark of H.C. Valkema Blouw on recto (Lugt 2505) and on verso an almost erased manuscript collector's mark (unread).
AND a small watercolour of a 17th century street vendor by A.C. CALKOEN, signed and dated "1811" on verso.
= From the Ullmann collectio with the collector's mark on verso. Somewhat in the style of Abraham Genoels II (1640-1723).
- Large closed hole in the centre; sl. duststained; waterstains.
- Blank margins some foxing/ soiling.
- 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."
- A few foxed spots; sl. yellowed.
= With the watermark of D & C Blaauw (coat of arms with horn, below monogram D&C B) (1750-1782).
- Laid down on board; heavily yellowed.
- 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 or Anthony of Padua.
- Foxed; cut on the borderline on left side. = With attribution to Jean-Baptiste Oudry on verso.
- Some brown soiling/ sl. foxing in left half; some old handling creases.
= On thick laid paper.
- Verso w. unidentified collector's mark "A.L" [?].
- Vague unobtrusive traces of a former smaller frame. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXIV.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso. After the drawing now in the Noordhollands Archief. Attributed by Van den Broek to Hermanus van Brussel. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXV.
- Slightly thumbed; 2 tiny closed tears in right margin; upper right corner sl. worn.
= With calligraphed text "Pecato au lit de la mort des suites de son assasinat mars 1793", figure sketches and the collector's mark of Albert van Loock on verso (Lugt 3751).
- Trifle browned; nevertheless attractive.
- A few (vague) spots in the left half.