- Trifle/ sl. foxed, his selfportrait worse. Spine wr. worn/ sl. dam.
= The only four etchings the artist made. Posthumous 19th century impression on thick paper. Showing his selfportrait, his family's manservant Laurens van Schaik, an elderly female concierge and a portrait of rabbi and theologian Mozes Ben Isaac Edrehi (1771-1840). Edrehi moved Amsterdam in1800 to become a student at the Portuguese jewish seminary. He later settled in London where he died in 1840. His portrait was made by Wonder when Edrehi visited Utrecht in 1816.
- Strong, dark impression; trimmed a few mm. outside the platemark. = New Hollstein 5, final state (of 2).
- All w. minor imperfections.
= Very rare copies in reverse after the engravings by the Sadelers from the series Sylvae Sacrae Monumenta and Solitudo Sive Vitae Patrum Eremicolarum. Daniel Wussim was an engraver and print- and bookpublisher from Graz who moved to Prague. His sons Kaspar and Johann followed in his footsteps as engravers. His son Kaspar also became a publisher and bookseller. Published as plates in J.H. HAIN, Allgemeine Christliche Einöde Das Hayl seiner Seelen Nach dem Exempl der frommen Vättern, und Einsiedlern (...) (published by Kaspar Wussim, Prague, 1733, 51 plates).
AND 3 others from the same series but by Raphael and Johannes SADELER.
- A few plates sl. soiled/ (water)stained.
ADDED: ±80 mostly handcol. engr./ lithogr. plates, various sizes, all subjects of natural history, from various 18th-19th cent. works.
- Paper remnants on verso. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIII.
- Small smudge in and near the monogram.
= Perhaps French. The motto "Sans varier" is i.a. used by the Vergy family (comte de Champlitte). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CV.
- Possibly part of a signature in lower left margin (illegible). A few tiny holes/ thin spots, otherwise fine.
- Mediocre condition. Sl. browned; doubled and repaired. Old middle-fold; some old closed tears and corners sl. dam. Mouldy and worn sections.
= Nice drawing in the style of Nicolaes Berghem. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Fingersoiled and agetoned; sm. repairs in upper corners.
= On laid paper, no watermark visible. Probably Italian School.
- Laid down; sl. browned and dustsoiled.
= Probably Dutch or Flemish school. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CIV.
- Some thin/ restored spots. Trifle foxed/ dustsoiled.
= Attributed on mount to GERARD HOET (1648-1733).
- Folded; some dam. spots; fingersoiled; partly closed tear.
AND 1 other drawing, (Cornucopia), prob. by the same.
- Slightly frayed.
= All with guirlandes and allegorical elements and with captions: "Negotie"; "Navigatie"; "Vreede en Vrijheid" and "Vrijheid, Eendragt, Vrede, Getrouheid".
- Formerly folded. w. fold strengthened and repaired on verso; a few sm. stains; sm. hole in right part.
= On laid paper with watermark showing a fleur-de-lis and the monogram GB.
AND 12 other drawings, mostly views/ landscapes.
- Probably doubled w. Japanese.
= Delicate drawing in 17th century style. Provenance: the collection Jan Severijnse and later A.M. van den Broek, w. his collector's stamp on verso.
- Laid down on board; several closed tears in margins.
= Copy in reverse after the painting by Gerard Seghers, probably based on the print by S.A. BOLSWERT after the painting.
- On rather thick laid paper, no watermark discerned; foxed/ duststained.
= Sold in 1936 by the antiquarian Charles Férault (Paris) as a genuine Paulus Potter drawing. With Férault's collector's mark in lower right corner on recto (Lugt 2793A) and with the original receipt signed by Férault and reading i.a. "Un petit dessin par Paul Potter; "Taureau couché" and "Dessin garenti du Maître, Ecole Hollandaise du XVIIème siècle". Verso drawing reading "Potter, Paulus, schol [sic] Néd." in pencil.
- Two lower corners repaired w. later paper; doubled w. very thin paper; soiled; rubbed/ sl. worn along edges, w. various sm. repairs, closed holes and sm. tears.
= On laid paper with the watermark of papermakers "J. Honig en Zoonen" (active between 1765-1836).