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)
= The signature is not similar to others by the artist, so perhaps added later.
- Contents of part of one sketchbook loosening.
= Jan Cornelis Bander was a drawing master at the Teekenschool and at the Ambachtsschool in Edam. He and his wife, Leonie Bander-Lutomirski, moved to Edam in 1911 and made many drawings in Edam, Volendam and surroundings. The sketchbooks contain many portraits (i.a. of a young child and a reading lady) but also show that occas. they took trips to other parts of Holland and even Germany. The largest sketchbook contains many pencil/ pen drawings and watercolours of (details of) buildings with annots. identifying the buildings, i.a. "Frankische kapel (Falkhof) Nijmegen", "Keizerzaal in den toren der St. Servaas kerk te Maastricht", "Domkerk te Spiers van het noordoosten" (pen and ink and watercolour), and on 1 leaf: "Kerk te Riddagshausen van het noordoosten" and "Kerk int Wang (Thans in Silezië)" (both pen and inkw. watercolour). Among the separate drawings are 2 small designs by Bandr's wife, one (unsigned) for the frontcover of Alie Smeding's book Het prinsesje van het groene eiland. Marker toneelspel in drie bedrijven (black crayon heightened w. yellow, 13x6 cm. This design was used on the edition published by Nijgh & Van Ditmar in 1927) and one for a poster titled "Jan van Heijningen Oliefabriek "Orion" Zaandam" with caption "Alleen door Orion, Valvoline, slaat men 't record met zijn machine" (pencil, 11,4x15 cm., signed and dated in pen and ink "L. Lutomirski sept. 1915". The design was probably not executed).
- Superficial scratch in the centre.
- Partly browed; blank margins soiled/ some moulding.
AND a contemp. handcol. engr. view of Rome and the Ponte Sant'Angelo, 18th cent., 26x41,5 cm., outer margins mounted under passepartout (vaguely foxed). - ADDED: a contemp. handcol. engr. view by Caspar PHILIPS, "Gezicht na de Leydsche Poort te Amsterdam" (±1750, some foxing).
- With extensive craquelure.
= Attractive drawings.
= Collector's mark of Hans van Leeuwen on verso (Lugt 2799a). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXV.
- Drawing trimmed to the framing line; vertical fold; trifle yellowed.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his annotation in pen on verso.
- Unevenly yellowed/ sl. browned. = Not in Romers.
- Ample margins; trifle yellowed.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso. According to Van den Broek it was Cornelis Pronk who was responsible for the the staffage of the drawing, apparently he drew himself on the right. Not many drawings by Bierens traced. The library of Universiteit Leiden holds a drawing of Castle Drakenburg in Laage Vuursche (PK-T-2946).
- A few sm. brown stains in sky area.
= Title supplied on ticket on verso frame (with concise biographical data of the artist).
- Mounts sl. soiled.
= With the artist atelier's stamp, with the address in the rue Mommaert (Mommaertstraat) in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, Belgium. According to an annotation on one of the mounts, the windows were executed for a church in Mazy (Namur).
- All sl. soiled/ foxed.
= I.a. a drawing with heads of characters from an unidentified work by Boileau, "Le directeur de femmes malades. de zieke vrouwenherder".
Idem. (Woman and her child buying flowers at a stall). Watercolour, 17,2x20,8 cm., signed "D.J. Bles f." in pen and brown ink.
- Lower corners dam.; sl. (dust)soiled. = Tipped together on the same mount.
- Small scratch in the sky to the left. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXVI.
- Some craquelé, especially in the centre; dam. spot in centre of upper margin. Needs cleaning. Frame sl. dam.
- Laid down on modern paper mount; closed tears in lower right corner touching the image; sm. closed tears around margins.
= Likely a preparatory sketch for one of his paintings of the Church. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, w. his collector's stamp on verso.
- Ample margins; trifle yellowed.
= Showing two separate drawings within the same frame, portraying a nice summer and winter view. According to Van den Broek the draughtsman could also be Jacob de Bosch (18th cent.). Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
= Skillful drawing after Bouchardon's Etudes prises dans le bas Peuple, ou les Cris de Paris (Paris, 1737-1746).