5698 - 5999
FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
(incl. drawings of Haarlem and surroundings from the collection A.M. van den Broek)
= Fine and very delicate watercolour by an unidentified artist. With part ("CDG") of a watermark of the Seven Provinces (Churchill 110); verso mount numb. "No:56" in pen and ink in a contemp. hand. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Slightly soiled; horizontal fold in centre; lacks sm. portion of lower margin; unevenly trimmed.
= Unfinished drawing. With on verso another watercolour by the same showing flowers and fruit (identical size). Provenance: the collection of A.M. van den Broek with his collector's mark on verso and an attribution to the artist Jan Severijnse (1760-1846). On laid paper with a large watermark showing the coat of arms of Holland.
- Trifle soiled; sm. hole near lower edge just outside image.
= Provenance: the collection of A.M. van den Broek with his collector's mark on verso and an attribution to the artist Jan Severijnse (1760-1846). On laid paper with a large "Pro Patria" watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Tipped onto mount
= The artist's identification on verso of mount. Provenance: Henry Sotheran Ltd. (London).
- Verso w. the collector's stamp of Van Eekelen (Lugt 5101). = Van Gaal was a pupil of Schweickhardt.
= Charming drawing, consisting of a plan and a bird's eye plan of the garden.
- Three repaired chips and holes near/ along edges; sm. closed tear near upper edge.
= Genoels created an etching after this drawing. Cf. Hollstein 16.
- Yellowed; sl. foxed; doubled. = Cf. New Hollstein 394.
- Some sl. soiling (incl. mount). = Identified and titled on mount.
- Very small tear in upper left corner of first drawing. = Perhaps Alexander the Great?
- Soiled.
= On blueish laid paper. A vague sketch of a kneeling figure on verso. Sold by auction R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam (May, 1925. Lot no.291) then attributed to Frans de Grebber. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIX.
- Darkened due to ageing of varnish; slight surface dam. in sky.
- Yellowed; some tiny dam. spot to surface; drawing trimmed to border line.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's annotation on verso.
- Some foxing. = With unidentified collector's mark in lower right corner (Lugt 1142).
Alaux, Jean Paul (1788-1858) (attrib.). (Praying nun). Drawing, pen and brown ink, brown wash, 18,7x17 cm., corners tipped onto mount. - AND 19 other drawings, 19th cent., i.a. by E.H. van AARDENNE, A. ROBERTSON and a nice black crayon drawing of a watermill by A(rend?) HENDRIKS (dated "8 Febr. 59").
- Tiny foxed spot in the waves below the ship; thin spot in centre of upper margin. Otherwise fine.
= Attractive watercolour. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek with his collector's mark on verso. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXX.
- A few foxed spots; otherwise fine.
- Corners strengthened w. paper on verso; drawing trimmed to the framing line.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annotation in pen and ink on verso.