6099 - 6280
FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
(incl. drawings of Haarlem and surroundings from the collection A.M. van den Broek)
= On paper with an unidentified watermark containing the letters "A" and "I". Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso.
- With several sm. repairs.
= Probably 19th century, perhaps late 18th century. The composition in the same direction as Rembrandt's etching, but mirrored to the grisaille painting by him (now in the National Gallery, London).
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CX.
- Agetoned; two tiny holes in lower part.
- Chip in upper left corner; upper right corner torn off and redrawn; agetoned and w. narrow brown stains in upper part.
= Drawings by this artist are rare.
= An attractive scene.
- Large professionally repaired tear in upper part of drawing. Title supplied on verso.
= Spectacular drawing showing the incursion into Bergen op Zoom by the British army in 1814. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CXI.
- Probably doubled and laid down on mount; foxed; a few small marginal tears.
= Attribution in pencil on mount.
- Slightly foxed; trifle frayed; w. a few vague brownish stains.
- One sm. hole; tiny tear in image near lower edge.
AND 1 other: an anonymous black chalk drawing of a Dutch town (w. on verso: a similar drawing of a boat on the water).
- A few foxed spots.
= With a similar drawing by the same on verso: "Buderich van Rhijnzijde Ziende op Wezel".
AND a similar drawing by the same of "Zevenaar".
= Provenance: the collection Jan Severijnse and later A.M. van den Broek, both w. his collector's stamp on verso.
- Small closed tear in right margin; trifle dustsoiled.
AND 2 others of Zuid-Holland, i.a. a pen and brown ink drawing by the same(?): "'S Graavenstijn of Spinhuijs te Lijden" (w. a drawing of "Kerk te Lijderdorp" on verso).
= Provenance: the collection Jan Severijnse and later A.M. van den Broek, all w. his collector's stamp on verso.
- Some foxed spots and 1 marginal tear.
= Rare sketch on the history of the sperm whale near Zandvoort. Two groups claimed the ownership of the sperm whale, basing their argument on customary law at sea that dead whales were possession of those that staked the first claim. This specific whale was displaced from its original stranding place (where it had been claimed by the first group) by strong winds in combination with a flood and was then claimed by a second group of claimants. The bailiff in charge judged that right of salvage and not sea laws prevailed, which meant that neither of the two groups had any claiming rights and the proceeds of the sale had to go to the States of Holland. Provenance: the collection Jan Severijnse and later A.M. van den Broek, w. his collector's stamp on verso.