5793 - 6157 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- Verso oxidized remains of former mount in corners.
= According to note on verso of one of the panels, from the former collection of B. Smith van Gelder and W. Russell. With an older manuscript attribution to Paulus Potter.
- Some dustsoiling; blank margins some wear; verso foxed.
= WITH attrib. to Luca Giordano (1634-1705) in pencil on verso.
- White oxidated; text shining through; sl. browned/ foxed/ waterst.
- Horizontally split, but professionally reattached and restored on verso; a few sm. chips and holes.
= One of the allegorical figures is pouring a bucket of water and appears to extinguish the fire. Perhaps a design for a painting or wall painting commemorating a remarkable event. With the collector's mark of Erwin Holzer (Vienna) (not in Lugt) on verso.
- Waterstain on verso near left edge.
= On laid paper with watermark showing a large beehive. A small monogram/ annotation on verso "44 C. de R."
- Lvs. sl. fingersoiled, mostly along edges.
- Tipped onto mount; sl. fingersoiled.
- Crease in upper right corner.
= On paper with a heraldic watermark. Provenance: the collection of J. and C. Ulmann.
- Somewhat browned, mostly in margins.; paper remnants in upper margin.
= On verso very small sketches of trees and hatching in pen and ink by the artist.
= On paper w. "D&C Blauw" watermark.
- Foxed. = Attractive early drawing of a black man. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXI.
- Doubled; sl. browned; a few stains (mainly) in blank margins.
- Left margin and corners sl. creased and sl. stained.
AND 4 other anonymous 18th/ 19th cent. drawings (1x signed(?) "Shaw 1816").
- Browned. = With large "Pro patria" watermark.
- Brown stain near left edge; w. diagonal folds; w. a grid to transfer or enlarge the composition.
= Perhaps a design for a wall decoration. Somewhat reminiscent in the style of Claude-Joseph Vernet.
- Soiled; upper edge frayed.
- Sl. browned/ foxed. = Perhaps by Jan de Beijer or H.P. Schouten. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXXII.