6292 - 6524 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
= With the collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso of drawing (Lugt 4617).
- Offsetting from former passepartout; vertical fold near left edge.
= The sign above the door of the shed reads "Bergplaats van turf en hout [illegible]".
- Slightly yellowed.
= With loose label providing information in later hand: "Deze tekening is afkomstig uit het schetsboek "Oude Wetering en Terschelling" van W.B. Tholen. Het schetsboek was in het bezit van Josien Wouters, een vriendin van de schilder. Het werd na haar dood in 1970 geveild in het Venduehuis der notarissen 's Gravenhage".
- Varnish sl. browned.
- Some retouches on thin spots probably caused by silverfish that have also left a few other untreated traces of nibbling (mostly in the sky area). Outer margins strengthened with paper tape on verso.
= An attractive and rare anonymous engraving with added drawing in watercolour. The Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid holds a set of three similar paintings/ watercolours under inventory number 0229, 1336 and 1337, one of which is identical in many of the engraved details to our copy (cf. https://www.academiacolecciones.com/pinturas/inventario.php?id=0229). The additions in watercolour in the landscape and skyline in the background of no. 0229 by nature resemble the additions in our copy, but show definite variations and our copy is slightly smaller than no. 0229 (which measures 69x99 cm.). The various authors that have researched the three copies in the Academia de San Fernando, identify the artist as either "Alex. Tironi" or "Alelo. Tironi" on the basis of three different signatures that are visible on the tympan of the righthand collonade (one of the signatures is illegible online). However, no artist of the name "Alessandro/ Alejandro Tironi" is known. The artist Francesco Tironi, who is also mentioned in the records of the Academia, as possible artist has left the world with quite a few fine vedutes in watercolour and in oil (including at least one of the Piazza San Pedro), but is not known as an engraver (but he might have been the artist who added the watercolour sections). The identity of Alex./ Alejandro Tironi will for now remain unclear. Apart from the lifespan of Francesco Tironi, the watermarks, for which see Heawood no. 3267 and 3268 (dating 1769) tie in with the various relevant dates that researchers have found for the provenance of the three works kept in the Academia de San Fernando. As Isidora Rose de Viejo points out in her "Catalogo Actualizado de la Colección de Pinturas de Manuel Godoy" four manuscript records in the museum mention the presence of the three views of the Piazza San Pedro: Quillet in 1808, and the inventories of 1813, 1814/1815 and 1816. She surmises that the three paintings were probably gifted to Godoy around 1800 and informs us that Godoy's collection was confiscated in 1813. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE C.
- One corner trifle chipped (revealing a silver coloured layer used to enhance the "tortoise shell" effect).
AND 2 other similarly framed miniatures, both anonymous, (Three gentlemen in a parlour drinking punch) and (Portrait of a young lady).
- Sl. foxed/ duststained; two small holes from ink corrosion; lower right corner sl. dam.
= View identified on verso frame. From the collection of C.G. 't Hooft. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.
- Foxed and soiled; repaired vertical fold. in centre image and in left margin. Sold w.a.f.
= View of the Thames seen from Gravesend from an inn towards Purfleet or from Purfleet towards Gravesend. The artist was originally an artillery and gun founder of the Dutch admiralty and he moved to England in 1770 and became a marine painter. Rare. Caption reads: "Gezicht op de Theems met de Herberg te Gravesand, alwaar de Heer Jan Verbruggen deze vaartuigjes heeft geschetst op den 19de Julij 1774".
- Slightly yellowed.
- Multiple pinholes in left and right margin.
= The design for the final plate of the second part of Zijn er zoo? (publ. in 1875). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CI.
= Provenance: Sotheby's 1997 and 2000; Bob P. Haboldt gallery (Paris, New York); Belgian collection.
- One drawing foxed; both laid down on mount.
- Laid down on board and under passepartout.
= The artist was a pastry chef from Hoorn and is known for his naive drawings.
- Some offsetting along edges from passepartout. = Tihon was a Dutch army officer.
AND 2 other drawings, both portraits, 1x signed "P. Janssen 1872".