5793 - 6157 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
= With the collector's mark of A. Weber (1844-1918, Verviers) (Lugt 2551b) on recto.
- Sm. cut in right part.
= According to annotations on the mount the drawing depicts the castle Nederhorst den Berg, but that is very unlikely. Perhaps it shows the castle Ter Horst in Wassenaar before the grand renovation by Reinier Pauw.
- Lower left corner restored/ retouched; lower right corner worn/ restored.
= Provenance: the collection of J. and C. Ulmann.
= One of the Stations of the Cross, prob. from a church interior. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
- Dam. spot near left edge; some superficially worn spots.
= Provenance: from the collection of J. and C. Ulmann. Attribution to "Piazetta" in modern hand on verso.
- Oxidation spots and foxing; upper left corner sl. dam. = Verso w. attrib. to G. Romani.
- Some foxing.
= On paper with a crowned watermark and a lily, a V and an R. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXX.
- Browned; waterstain in lower left and upper right corner.
= Perhaps Mary Magdalene supporting the fainted Holy virgin. Probably by a Flemish artist.
- Vaguely foxed/ stained; some vague creases. Verso traces of former mount in upper margin.
= With watermark of a circle topped by a clover. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
- Partly foxed.
- Doubled; 2 large closed tears through image (repaired and only sl. visible); margins occas. sl. chipped; tipped-in.
= Attributed to ADRIAEN HANNEMAN (ca.1601-1671) by the previous owner (see: O. ter Kuile. Adriaan Hanneman 1604-1671, ill.16 en 70 for the portraits of Sophie van der Palts showing great similarities). With pencil annotation on mount stating the drawing was previously in the collection of Johan Lord Somers (Lugt 2981). With annotation in pencil on verso "Original drawing by Van Dyck". And with annotation in pencil on verso mount "Sir Peter Lely".
- Yellowed; crease in lower left part. = Provenance: the collection of J. and C. Ulmann.
- Verso w. unidentified collector's mark "A.L" [?]
- Sl. foxed.
= With the collector's mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (1784-1863) (Lugt 1223) on recto and Robert Witt (1872-1952) (Lugt 2228b). Cf. Hollstein 5 (after a design by H. Goltzius).
- Creased and heavily rubbed.
= Probably Jupiter and an unidentified goddess. Design for a ceiling. With an attribution to Johann Michael Rottmayr on passepartout.
AND 7 other drawings with human figures, all 19th cent.
= The ladies and gentlemen in the typical fashion of the 1690's. Perhaps part of a series showing the five senses. Cf. the mezzotint series by Jacob Gole, showing a similar couple drinking coffee (representing Taste). The other drawing of the amourous couple, could represent Touch. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
- Some foxing/ soiling.
- Slightly soiled; vaguely waterst.
AND 1 other anonymous 18th cent. pen drawing of two people and a dog in a rocky landscape (watermark "GR").
= On rather thick laid paper. With the part of the collector's mark of the 19th century italian collector Pacini (Lugt 2100).