= The original drawing by Hulswit is currently in the collection of the Prentenkabinet Leiden (PK-T-AW-2672).
AND 4 others similar, all signed (2x only last part of signature visible), by the same or by Leonard Johannes EYMER.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Occas. sl. yellowed; some creases.
AND 7 others similar, all anonymous drawings, possibly by the same or by Leonard Johannes EYMER.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= All landscapes. From the estate of the artist as stated on verso drawings.
= On laid paper with watermark showing a sun and the monogram "SC"
- Sl. foxed/ stained and fingersoiled; one drawing w. closed tear in blank margin.
= Drawing after the etching by Rembrandt, curiously with mirrored composition. According to an annotation on verso mount, from the collection of R.P. Morris. SEE ILLUSTRATION ON TITLE-PAGE.
- Remargined; a few sm. holes near the edges; oblique cut near upper edge; sm. tear near lower edge; a few (water)stains; most of the image intact; sold w.a.f.
= With contemporary annotations on verso: "Formenoys myn moeders moeder, wiens naam was Delprato, en de moeder van Delprato was weder Pellicorne" and on the other "Pottey myn grootmoeders de Tray's moeder". With correspondence and genealogical charts, researched by the curator and director of the Rijksprentenkabinet J.W. Niemeijer. From his collection.
AND 12 other 19th/ early 20th century drawings of coats of arms by i.a. monogrammists "J.E. v.L" and "G.A.", all loosely inserted in the same album, i.a. of the families Van Dortmont, Lulofs, Ermerins, Cloeck, Schorer, Bors van Waveren and De Ranitz. - AND a small drawing (17th cent.?) of the Amsterdam seal of 1656. - ADDED ±50 (cut-out) engr./ etched prints w. coats of arms.
= J. Hulsker, The New Complete Van Gogh, no.389 (Amst., 1996). J.-B. de la Faille, The Works of Vincent van Gogh, no.F1c (Amst., 1970): "Provenance: Ed. van Biema, The Hague (according to him formerly in the collection of [art dealer] C. Mouwen jr, Breda and M. Janssen, Breda [shop owner across the street from Mouwen]); F.P. Hirschel, Amsterdam; Franz Heinz, Locham near Munich; Private collection, New York Sale Parke-Bernet, 11 November 1959, [lot] 41" (p.1). A photocopy of the Parke-Bernet sale catalogue (with an illustration of this painting) is supplied with the lot, together with a photocopy of the manuscript certificate of authenticity by De la Faille (referred to in the description of lot 41: La Vache). William Lustgarten bought the painting in the Parke-Bernet sale of 1959 and after that its whereabouts were unknown until 2023, when the present owner bought it at an online auction at Catawiki.
The current owner has had the painting examined by the Van Gogh Museum on art historical and technical grounds. The report of this examination, which is available for potential buyers, casts doubt on the authenticity of the work, even though it was long considered to be a genuine Van Gogh for (partly unverified) assumptions concerning its provenance. The main art historical argument for their doubt is that, together with two similar paintings of cows attributed to Van Gogh from the same early period, it stands alone in his oeuvre. Regarding the technical argument, the researchers state that the painting shows little material similarity with the few Van Gogh paintings from those early years that they have examined. As the research team states, the only painting of a cow with which they could compare this painting was examined by them in 2000. On the basis of that examination, the painting was sold as a genuine Van Gogh by K-Auctions in Seoul in 2008 for just above 2.000.000 USD (the third painting of a cow is only known from a photograph and could not be traced). The research team also states that only a few other paintings from Van Goghs early "Haagse periode" have undergone such a thorough study as the present painting. So even though they cannot with 100% certainty declassify it as a work by Van Gogh, the Van Gogh Museum research team considers it to be an artwork not by the hand of Van Gogh.
SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annotation in pen and ink on verso.
- Sl. foxed; some margins tears.
AND 1 other brush and ink drawing (Lakeview) by the same, 35,2x54 cm. (central fold; soiling and small tears).
- Both sl. foxed; second drawing w. vague horizontal crease in lower margin.
= With collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso (Lugt 4617).
- Sl. overall foxing.
= Provenance: De Zwaan (April 1960). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Both lower corners sl. dam. = Collector's mark of I.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso (Lugt 4617).
AND a drawing in red crayon by J. HAANENBRINK, (Street vendor) (23,5x12,3 cm., tipped onto mount. Sm. stain in right and (very vaguely) left blank margin. Attribution in pencil on mount; collector's mark of J.Q van Regteren Altena on verso (L. 4617)).
- Somewhat browned.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek; both sold by auction at Van Stockum, The Hague, November 1991 (lots 77 and 78).
- Blank margins sl. unevenly cut; traces of paper and tape along upper edge; sl. foxed and dustsoiled.