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)
- Drawing trimmed to the framing line.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark and the mark of Hans van Leeuwen (Lugt 2799a) on verso.
- Drawing trimmed to the framing line; trilfe soiled in upper corners.
= On paper with large "Pro Patria" watermark. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annotations and attribution on verso.
- Drawing trimmed to framing line; vertical fold; doubled.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark and attribution on verso.
- Drawing trimmed to framing line; sm. white paint(?) stain in centre.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark and attribution on verso.
- Both trimmed to the border.
= Showing the Eendjespoort and the mill Spaarn en Wind. One on paper with a part of a large crowned watermark. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, both with his collector's mark on verso.
- Drawing trimmed to the border; nevertheless fine.
AND 3 (small) 18th cent. pen drawings possibly from the same school, all showing city gates of Haarlem.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, all with his collector's mark and attribution on verso.
- With unobtrusive hairline cracquelure all-over. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Fully laid down on mount; yellowed (sl. browned in outer left and right margin).
= Titled and with two captions in pen and ink below on mount.
AND 6 other miscell. pencil drawings and 1 small watercolour, mainly views in Germany, incl. 2 drawings of Bentheim by "Th. Soetens[?]".
- Drawing trimmed to the outer framing line; some vague greyish stains in upper right corner.
= On paper with a large watermark showing the coat of arms of Amsterdam. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
= Old annot. in pen on verso (by the artist?) reading: "17 1/27 1762 oud 15 Jaar". Despite the fact that this drawing strongly resembles (but is not an exact copy of) the engraving that was printed in H. SPILMAN and C. VAN NOORDE, Aangenaame gezichten in de vermakelyke landsdouwen van Haarlem (...) (which is added to this lot), this was not the orig. model for the engraving. The explanation for the resemblance might be that the young Swertner accompanied Spilman and Van Noorde on their drawing trips in and around Haarlem and drew on the same spot as his two companions. The fact that he added "ad: viv. del. 1762" to his signature also points at the originality of the drawing.
- Somewhat foxed; tipped onto mount in upper left corner.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
- Both drawings trimmed to the framing line; 1x w. vertical fold.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, both with his collector's mark and 1x w. attibution on verso.
- Drawing trimmed to the outer framing line.
= View of the Wagenweg. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek with his annots. and attibution on verso.
- Trifle dustsoiled. = Unfinished.
- A few neatly closed and unobtrusive small tears in left and right margins.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVII.
- Both yellowed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- Trifle yellowed/ some fingersoiling.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCVIII.
- Backstrip and spine-ends worn/ dam.; covers scratched and chafed.
= Very accurate copies of contemporary caricatures by i.a. Rodolphe TÖPFFER ("Mr. Oldbuck") and John LEECH (i.a. caricatures from Punch).