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)
= On laid paper w. a large crowned watermark with a fleur-de-lis.
AND 3 others, i.a. a drawing of a funeral medallion, after an engraving from Le Francq van Berkhey, Natuurlijke Historie van Holland, 1776 (supplied with the orig. engraving).
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, all with his collector's mark on verso.
- Verso w. traces of former mounting in corners. = On paper with watermark "IV".
- Minuscule holes in right margin; sl. yellowed. = On rather thick laid paper.
- Formerly mounted under passepartout, w. remnants along edges.
- Some oblique folds and some soiling; verso w. sellotape along margins (shining through). = On laid paper with Jean Villadry watermark.
= On thick laid paper w. (part of) watermark "LVG" (Lubertus van Gerrevink).
- Drawing trimmed to framing line; sm. tear in upper left corner closed; sm. part in upper edge retouched.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark and attribution to Hendrik Spilman on verso.
- Trimmed to the framing line.
= With contemp. title and "Rademaker" in brown ink on label on verso.
AND 7 engr./ lithogr. views of city gates of Haarlem (18th-20th cent.).
- Tipped onto mount; two tiny chips in right blank margin; trifle yellowed; some vague foxed spots.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXIV.
- Drawing trimmed to framing line.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
= Probably a copy after a 16th cent. Italian painting.
- Sl. duststained; paper remnants of former mount on verso.
= On laid paper with the watermark of D & C Blaauw.
- Edges frayed and creased (especially right edge).
= On verso a contemporary annotation in pencil: "bove de Zyraam". On laid paper with fleur-de-lis in crowned shield and below monogram "LVG" (dated ±1780).
= On paper with Pro Patria and J. Hessels watermark.
- Remnants of former mount on verso; browned.
- Mounted; trifle foxed.
- Sl. offsetting from former passepartout in margins. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: coll. John C. Schaller, of San Jose, California sold by Christie Manson & Woods, December, 1978. On laid paper with Pro Patria watermark. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.