6427 - 6643 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- Craquelé, especially in the centre; dam. spot in centre of upper margin. Needs cleaning. Frame sl. dam.
- Cut sl. short(?) in left margin, part of the signature cut off.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's stamp on verso.
= On laid 18th century papier, with a partial watermark (coat of arms). Provenance: Haboldt & Co gallery, Paris.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, both with his collector's stamp on verso.
= Views of villages in West-Friesland. Hendrik de Winter drew partly the same views in 1744 (now in Noord-hollands archief). It is not certain whether the artist copied them (with small differences) or that he revisited the same places and stood on the same spot. But it appears he must have seen them. The accompanying texts (all but one) give extra topographical and historical information. It is unknown if these drawings were used for engravings. Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his collector's mark on verso mounts.
= A camera lucida is an optical device used as a drawing aid by artists and microscopists. It projects an optical superimposition of the subject being viewed onto the surface upon which the artist is drawing. The artist sees both scene and drawing surface simultaneously, as in a photographic double exposure. This allows the artist to duplicate key points of the scene on the drawing surface, thus aiding in the accurate rendering of perspective. (Wikipedia). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
= Provenance: Noortman Gallery Maastricht, private Belgian collection.
= On laid paper with a large "Pro Patria" watermark.
AND 1 similar by the same: "Aan de Bloemendaalsche Weg op de Beek te zien" (signed).
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek, with his manuscript collector's mark on verso.
- Formerly restored w. repainted cracks and spots; a few dents and sm. dam. spots.
= SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIX.
- Brown stain and closed tear in upper part; browned.
= Although the name suggests otherwise, the artists are not related. Drawings by this artist are very rare.
= Attractive design drawings i.a. for a richly ornamented door, sculptures with a large base and parts of a building façade.
- Two (very) vague scratches to the surface in centre.
- Doubled. = Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= Possibly a design for a lithograph. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE CII.
- Both drawings browned and soiled; portrait of the wife and child with closed tears and hole in her skirt; portrait of the husband with closed tear in upper left corner. Not examined outside of frame.
= Very rare portraits by the artist. Next to the husband lies a flute and a map of the northern provinces of the Netherlands. The woman wears a local costume with a headcap, probably from the Veluwe. Cf. C.J. VAN DEN BOSCH, Jan Gerrit Erkelens, een vergeten fijnschilder IN: De Nederlandsche Leeuw 100 (1983, p. 290-304), probably mentioning these portraits under no.7 and 8 (list of works).
= The original drawing by Hulswit is currently in the collection of the Prentenkabinet Leiden (PK-T-AW-2672).
AND 4 others similar, all signed (2x only last part of signature visible), by the same or by Leonard Johannes EYMER.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
- Occas. sl. yellowed; some creases.
AND 7 others similar, all anonymous drawings, possibly by the same or by Leonard Johannes EYMER.
= Provenance: the collection A.M. van den Broek.
= All landscapes. From the estate of the artist as stated on verso drawings.