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5381 - 5728     FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS

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72 5381 Aartman N M 1713 1793 72 5381 Aartman N M 1713 1793
72/5381 Aartman, N.M. (1713-1793). (Fishermen bringing their catch home, a large three-master in the background). Watercolour, 12,2x18,4 cm., monogrammed "A. fec." in lower right corner.

- Small closed tear in left margin; sl. yellowed. = Attractive watercolour.

€ (200-300) 200
72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935 72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935
72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935 72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935
72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935 72 5382 Aken M A van 1854 1935
72/5382 Aken, M.A. van (1854-1935). (A seated man reading the paper sitting by the wood stove). Drawing, watercolour and gouache, 44,7x35 cm., (vaguely) signed "M. van Aken". - AND 2 contemp. pencil drawings of nicely dressed ladies (1x signed "Alexandrine").
€ (80-100) 80
72 5383 Allcot J C 1888 1973 72 5383 Allcot J C 1888 1973
72/5383 Allcot, J.C. (1888-1973). "Cutty Sark". Drawing, watercolour and gouache, 25x33,2 cm., signed "John Allcot 1931" and titled in black pen.

= Cutty Sark was a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line, she was one of the last tea clippers to be built and one of the fastest, coming at the end of a long period of design development, which halted as sailing ships gave way to steam propulsion.

ADDED: E. KENTLEY, Curry Sark. The last of the Tea Clippers (Greenwich, 2012, col. ills., orig. cl. w. dustwr., 4to).

€ (150-250) 325
72 5384 Angeli G C 1570 1630 attrib 72 5384 Angeli G C 1570 1630 attrib
72/5384 Angeli, G.C. (1570-1630) (attrib.). (Studies of cherubs, Saint Jerome in a rocky landscape with a tree, an unidentified female saint and a tree). Drawing, pen and ink, with some brown and grey wash, 19,7x14,5 cm., several studies on one leaf.

- Tiny restoration in lower left corner, touching the collector's mark; sl. (water?)stained/ fingersoiled in left margin; vague attribution in later pencil in lower right corner.

= With the collector's mark of Nicos Dhikeos in lower left corner (Lugt 3529).

€ (400-600) 600
72 5385 Anonymous 16th cent Italian school 72 5385 Anonymous 16th cent Italian school
72/5385 Anonymous (16th cent., Italian school). (Three ornaments showing a grotesque face, a bust of a cherubin on a wall ornament and a sea god on a sea horse). Drawing, red chalk, 26,5x17,8 cm., w. signature "Polidoro fece" in pen and ink.

= On 16th century laid paper with watermark showing a double feather or quil with the initial FA and below a C. Perhaps after Polidoro da Caravaggio. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.

€ (800-1.000)
72 5386 Anonymous 16th cent 72 5386 Anonymous 16th cent
72/5386 Anonymous (16th cent.). (Figure study of an upright man with a bow, a nude man aiming a fire arm and a nude bending over). Drawing, pen and black ink and small part in red ink, 10,7x8,7 cm., on red tinted (?) laid paper.

- Laid down; narrow inkstain along edges, probably caused when later a framing line was added.

= With a modern attribution to Wolf Huber and an annotation indicating a similarity between the man with the fire arm and the rifle man in a woodcut composition of the Master of the Miracles of Mariazell ("Ain Man ward mit ainer Puren durch den Leib geschossen (...)"). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.

€ (400-600) 400
72 5387 Anonymous 16th cent 72 5387 Anonymous 16th cent
72/5387 Anonymous (16th cent.). (A woman in a classical robe and a bearded man in a forest, a small nude child raising his arms). Drawing, pen and brown ink, 16,1x14,8 cm.

- Doubled w. very thin paper on verso, closing various tiny holes and tears, mostly caused by ink acid biting.

= On 16th century (?) laid paper w. watermark showing monogram GB within a shield. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.

€ (300-500) 300
72 5388 Anonymous 2nd half 16th cent northern Italian school 72 5388 Anonymous 2nd half 16th cent northern Italian school
72/5388 Anonymous (2nd half 16th cent., northern Italian school). (Plumed Roman helmet with decorations with a large mythical animal motif). Drawing, pen and brown and black ink, brown wash and slightly heightened w. gouache, 23,5x19,7 cm., on brown tinted paper.

- Heavily restored drawing, i.a. doubled, closed holes and tears.

= Remarkable drawing. A very similar drawing by almost certainly the same artist was part of the collection of Bernard Houthakker. This drawing was formerly associated with the works of Polidoro da Caravaggio but according to Fuhring is likely from Northern Italy, from the third quarter of the sixteenth century and designed for a feast at a court or for theatre purposes. Cf. Fuhring, Design into Art, 515.

€ (400-600) 750
72 5389 Anonymous late 16th cent 72 5389 Anonymous late 16th cent
72/5389 Anonymous (late 16th cent.). (Seated young woman spinning). Drawing, pen and (washed) ink, red chalk, heightened w. white, 12,9x11,6 cm., on blue tainted paper.

= On 16th century laid paper, with part of unidentified watermark (circle with initial?). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.

€ (250-350) 250
72 5390 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent Northern school 72 5390 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent Northern school
72/5390 Anonymous (late 16th/ early 17th cent., Northern school). (Head of a bearded man). Drawing, pen and brown ink, graphite, 9x8,5 cm.

- Laid down on later paper; closed hole in lower left corner, not affecting drawing.

€ (400-600) 1100
72 5391 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent 72 5391 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent
72/5391 Anonymous (late 16th/ early 17th cent.). (Saint Michael overwhelming the demon). Drawing, black crayon on brown wash, formerly heightenend w. white, 21,5x16,2 cm., monogrammed [?] in lower right corner.

- Laid down on mount; unevenly browned; partly worn; annots. in pen on verso.

= Attributed to Cristofano Roncalli il Pomerancio (1552-1626). With collector's mark of Albert Finot (Lugt 3627) in lower left corner. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.

€ (100-150) 325
72 5392 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent 72 5392 Anonymous late 16th/ early 17th cent
72/5392 Anonymous (late 16th/ early 17th cent.). (Sleeping child). Drawing, red and black chalk, 12x11 cm.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.

€ (500-700) 500
72 5393 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent Italian school 72 5393 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent Italian school
72/5393 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent., Italian school). (Christ visiting the poor). Drawing, pen and brown ink, brown wash, 13,2x19,4 cm. - WITH on verso another pen and brown ink sketch by the same, of a horse and four seated people.

- With small inscription "Jiad/ 1841" [?] in lower margin. Surface dam. in lower left corner (w. loss of collector's mark?); verso strengthened w. paper in right margin.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.

€ (100-150) 450
72 5394 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5394 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5394 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent.). (Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well). Drawing, lead pen, 14x19 cm.

- Partially laid down; closed tear; creases and many tiny foxed spots.

= With a later (?) manuscript annotation in pen and ink attached to the leaf: "Le poussin"(?). On laid paper, which appears to be from the late 16th/ early 17th century. The museum of fine arts of Budapest holds a painting from a Poussin-follower with a very similar composition, especially the billowing of her robes.

€ (100-150) 100
72 5395 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5395 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5395 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent). (Madonna and child seated on a throne, flanked by two saints). Drawing, pen and ink, 13x15 cm.

= Drawing after a late medieval wall painting or manuscript. With the collector's mark of Giuseppe Vallardi (Lugt 1223).

€ (200-300) 200
72 5396 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5396 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5396 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent.). (Portrait of a man). Drawing, black crayon, some black wash, heightened w. white, 40,7x30,8 cm.

- Doubled and browned; old middle-fold; some (water)stains and oxidation of the white paint.

= Recot with the collector's mark of i.a. Michel Gaud (Lugt 3482) in lower left corner. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVII.

€ (100-150) 800
72 5397 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5397 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5397 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent.). (Scene showing putti harvesting grapes within architectural setting with two Caryatides holding a guirlande of leaves). Drawing, pen and brown (washed) ink, 16x27 cm.

- Laid down on mount. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.

€ (300-500) 750
72 5398 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5398 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5398 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent.). (Studies of a standing figure, a man on a throne and Lot and his daughters). Drawing, pen and brown ink and wash, 5,2x14,5 cm.

- Laid down on later paper; pieces torn off in lower part, affecting the dress of one of Lot's daughters ; soiled.

= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVIII.

€ (100-150) 325
72 5399 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent 72 5399 Anonymous 16th/ 17th cent
72/5399 Anonymous (16th/ 17th cent.). (Walking man). Drawing, pencil, black wash, heightened w. white, 25,2x15,5 cm., on blue paper.

- Acid biting; sl. foxed/ dustsoiled.

= With attribution to Pietro Perugino (1446-1523) on mount. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.

€ (100-150) 3500
72 5400 Anonymous early 17th cent 72 5400 Anonymous early 17th cent
72/5400 Anonymous (early 17th cent.). (A bearded man raising his arms up to the sky, part of a horse in the background). Drawing, red chalk, heightened w. white chalk, 26,2x23 cm.

= Laid paper with unidentified watermark showing a coat of arms (?) with a cross pattée and a fish(?). Perhaps the prophet Elijah in the fiery chariot. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.

€ (300-500)
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