5092 - 5387 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- Sl. creased in upper margin and w. a few sm. brown stains.
= Cousin of Alexander Ver Huell's father Quirijn Maurits Rudolph Ver Huell. With annotation in pen and ink by Alexander Ver Huell on mount: "(...) Derde zoon van Carel Hendrik graaf Ver Huell, begraven met zijn vader en oom C.A. Ver Huell in het kerkhof Père la Chaise te Parijs. Hij was de lieveling mijner Oudtante, en zij schonk mij alles wat zij van hem behield, zijn dictaten, schilderstoel, boeken enz. [signature]".
- Sl. yellowed; upper corners repaired; vague horizontal fold; verso rubbed along upper margin from former mounting.
ADDED: a pen and ink drawing of the Smaksteeg, Amsterdam (26x15 cm., titled and signed "GWillemsen" in pencil. Browned).
= Resembling the composition of J.-L. David's "The Death of Marat". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXX.
- Trimmed on/ just within the framing line in black ink.
= With the collector's mark of P.J. Mariette (Lugt 1852) in lower right corner. Accompanying clipping of the catalogue entry ("Een hofstede en koepeltje onder geboomte, aan de oever van een rivier. Links een hengelaar") of an exhibition of the drawing at the Centraal Museum Utrecht and w. (INCORRECT!) pencil annot. of its provenance: "coll. A.W.M. Mensing Amsterdam, zijn veiling F. Muller 26 oct. 1937 no.181". SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
- Fine. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXI.
-Trifle soiled along outer margins.
= Tipped under passepartout, w. mounted typescript ticket "Tentoongesteld: Dordrechts Museum (...) 1968" and cyclostyled ticked w. ms. entries of an exhibition at the Van Reekum Galerij, Apeldoorn, 1972. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
- Trifle soiled at places in outer margins; upper right corner w. flattened fold and sm. repaired tear.
= On paper with upper part of a crowned watermark, resembling Churchill 412.
- Some foxed spots; sl. age-toned (except along edges due to former framing).
Bruynesteyn, B.J.A. (1830-1920). (River view with small boats). Watercolour, 28,7x38,7 cm., signed and "f. 1893" in pen and ink in lower right corner.
- Heavily browned.
= According to an annotation on verso of mount, the verso of the drawing has a note (obscured by mount) stating that this is a design for a dessus-de-porte in the house located on Herengracht 478, Amsterdam, made for Mr Jonas Witsen. However, none of the properties listed as being owned by Jonas Witsen was located on this address and we have found no link to designs by Jacob de Wit for this address. But there is a strong link between Jacob de Wit and several other grand houses on the Keizersgracht and the Herengracht that were owned by various members of the Witsen family: De Wit designed wallpanels and ceiling paintings for these houses. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVII.
- Sl. foxed; a few sm. inkstains.
Anonymous (19th cent.). (A man walking towards a small village). Drawing, pen and ink, 12,6x21,5 cm.
- Tear in upper left corner; 2 folds; sl. browned/ foxed.
= With a watermark shwoing a crowned coat of arms.