Old Master Drawings
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NORTHERN FRANCE, CIRCA 1120 St Matthew the Evangelist. Red pen with yellow wash. On vellum. Inscribed in the halo: SCTS MATHEUS. Inscribed in the open book: Liber generationis... 33 x 20 cm. Expertise: Prof. Dr. Christoph Eggenberger Literature: La France romane au temps des premiers Capétains (987-1152). Ex Cat Paris, musée du Louvre, 10.3.-6.6. 2005. Bernhard Rupprecht, Romanische Skulptur in Frankreich, Munich 1975. Walter Cahn, Romanesque Manuscripts in the Twelfth Century. A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France. Two vols, London 1996. 1 La France Romane, p. 208. 2 Zweites Viertel des 12. Jahrhunderts. - France romane, p.213 3 Ca. 1100 - France romane, p. 290. - Cahn, Cat.No. 30. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms.lat 5058. 4 Gregor der Grosse in Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms.lat. 15307. - Cahn, ill. 156, Cat No. 68. 5 Zöpfe der Apostel beim Abendmahl. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 12054. - Cahn, Cat No. 84, ill. 202. - beg 12th century. 6 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. lat. 17970. - Cahn, Cat No 86, ill. 209. Cat No. 86. - beg 12th century. 7 Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms.lat. 17767. - Cahn, Cat No. 95, ill. 234. - Saint-Pierre, Corbie, ca. 1102-23. 8 Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 75. - Cahn, Cat No. 97, ill. 241. - Saint-Amand? First quarter of the 12th century. 9 Avesnes, Musée de la Société Archéologique. - Cahn, Cat No. 106, ill. 255. - Dated 1146. 10 Antwerpen, Museum Mayer van den Bergh, MS 297. Cahn, Cat No. 132, ill. 320. - Saint-Amand? Ca. 1175.
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Circle of FRANCO, BATTISTA (IL SEMOLEI) (probably Venice, 1498 - 1561 Venice), Anatomy study sheet. Pen in brown. Old inscription lower right in brown pen: Barocio 27.5 x 19.7 cm.
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Greyhound. Brown pen, with brown wash. Numbered upper right: 16 18.2 x 9 cm. Framed.
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Study of a deer. Brown pen. On hand-made paper with watermark (cut). 15 x 28.5 cm. Framed. Provenance: - Pierre Charles Henri de Gontaut-Biron, Marquis de Saint Blancard (1859-1939), Paris and Geneva, son of Etienne Charles de Gontaut, Marquis de Biron (1818-1871),and of Marie Charlotte Arabella de Fitz-James (1831-1905) - Gilonne Henriette Marie d'Harcourt (1876-1952), married to Alexandre Auguste, comte Catoire de Bioncourt (1863-1913) - Alexandra Wassiljewa Catoire de Bioncourt (1906-1956), married to Gerard Laurent Auguste Sixte François de Loriol (1904-1973) - Château d'Allaman, Pays de Vaud, Switzerland. - via inheritance to the current owner, Swiss private collection
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY Study for a group of lions. Design for a decorative scheme. Grey pen with brown wash. Inscribed centre bottom in brown pen (unidentified), 4.5 x 5.6 cm.
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SIMONINI, FRANCESCO (Parma 1686 - circa 1753 Florence or Venice) Equestrian combat. Pen and brush in brown, with black chalk and heightened in white. On handmade paper, laid on canvas. Old inscription on stretcher: Simonini di Firence 46.5 x 106 cm. Framed. Provenance: - Château d'Allaman, Pays de Vaud, Switzerland - Via inheritance to the current Swiss private collection
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SIMONINI, FRANCESCO (Parma 1686 - circa 1753 Florence or Venice) Equestrian battle before a city. Pen and brush in brown with black crayon. On hand-made paper laid on canvas, with old mount on stretcher. Old inscription on stretcher: Simonini di Firence. 48 x 96 cm. Framed. Provenance: - Château d'Allaman, Pays de Vaud, Switzerland - Via inheritance to the current Swiss private collection
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MOLA, PIER FRANCESCO (Coldrerio 1612 - 1666 Rome) Study of a carnival scene in a rural setting. Verso: further figure study with tree. Brown pen with brown wash. On hand-made paper with watermark: anchor in circle (Haewood 5). The right hand margin with old text in Italian: Sabato à sera ricevei le quatro camiseta di ... bellissimi e rendo infinite gratie à V(ostro) S(ignore). 11.5 x 15.2 cm (uneven). Framed. Provenance: - probably collection of Livio Odescalchi (1655-1713), Rome - German private collection Nicolas Turner, in a text dated 01.01.2012, has confirmed the attribution to Pier Francesco Mola and has indicated the likely provenance as the Livio Odescalchi collection.
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NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
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SWISS SCHOOL, END OF THE 16TH CENTURY Unknown coat of arms with rich helmet decoration below arch segment. Black pen. 30.5 x 21.3 cm. Provenance: -collection of D.Schindler (circa 1600), Lugt 793
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH/17TH CENTURY Warrior with helmet on charging horse. Design for a decorative scheme. Red and brown pen, with black crayon. On hand-made paper with watermark (cut). 16 x 20.5 cm.
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Attributed to BRAMER, LEONARD (1596 Delft 1674) The finding of the infant Moses. Brown pen. Old inscription on lower margin: Bramer maitre de Rhembrandt. Old mount. 25.2 x 16.2 cm.
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Warrior with feathered head gear and sword. Pen in brown. 27.5 x 17 cm. Framed.
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Attributed to WOUWERMAN, PHILIPS (1619 Haarlem 1668) Back of a man, supporting himself on a stick. Black and white chalk. On greyish hand-made paper. Old inscription in brown pen lower left: Prinnipaal (?) van Philip Wouwerman...(unidentified). 24.7 x 12.8 cm (unevenly cut). Framed.
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BISSCHOP, JAN DE (Amsterdam 1628 - 1671 The Hague) View of The Hague with herdsmen, riders and passers-by. Black chalk and brown brush. On hand-made paper with watermark: Lilly over coat of arms with band. Old inscription and signature (?) verso in brown pen: The Hagueh na't Leven gezekennt van Jan de Bisshop. Ausserdem später mit Bleistift bezeichnet: Gezichtbuiten s' Hage Jan de Bisschop a Moickenross A. 1650. (barely legible in places). 24.5 x 42.2 cm. Framed.
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FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Carousal with riders and passers-by. Brown pen over black crayon. 20.5 x 29.5 cm. Framed.
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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Figure and head studies. Brown pen. 10.5 x 18.3 cm. Framed.
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY Head of a boy. Black chalk, with traces of brown chalk. On hand-made paper with watermark: coat of arms. 30.5 x 23.5 cm. Framed.
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Attributed to LE CLERC, SEBASTIEN (Metz 1637 - 1714 Paris), Study sheet with two men standing and with putti. Pen and brush in brown. Old mount. Old inscription on mount and verso: Dessine par S.Le Clerc. 15.8 x 13.7 cm.
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VENETIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Head of a boy. Black chalk on grey hand-made paper, heightened in white. 21.7 x 19.3 cm. Framed. Provenance: -collection of D.F.Platt (1873-1938), Englewood, Lugt 750a and 2066b
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School of TIEPOLO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA (Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid), Caricature of three men in uniform. Brown pen. On hand-made paper with watermark. Fleur de Lys in double circle. 14.3 x 18.5 cm. Framed.
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Circle of KLEINER, SALOMON (Augsburg 1700 - 1761 Vienna) The imperial Invalidenhaus in Budapest, 1728. Black and grey pen, with wash and watercolour. On hand-made paper with watermark: crowned coat of arms. Latin inscription in black pen within the image on the gable of the main building: IMP. CAROLUS. VI. S. A. PP. HANC. MOLEM. CONDIDIT. AD. SERVANDOS. MILITES. SENIÖ. MORBIS. VULNERIBUS. CONFECTOS. A. S. MDCCXXVIII. .... Verso inscribed in pencil: Watercolour von Sal. Kleiner? 60.5 x 97.5 cm. Framed.
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AUGSBURG, 17TH CENTURY Scene of surrender set against a military camp in the background. Pen and brush in grey, heightened in white. On hand-made paper with blue ground. 11 x 8.2 cm.
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Circle of BOUCHER, FRANCOIS (1703 Paris 1770), Woman with putto aloft. Black chalk, heightened in white and grey brush. Old numbering lower left in black pen: 57. 33.6 x 41.5 cm.(the corners chamfered). Framed.
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HILAIRE, JEAN BAPTISTE (Audum-le-Tiche 1753 - after 1822) Interior with two women conversing. Brush and pen in black and grey. Signed and dated lower left: Hilaire 17(?).Inscribed verso on back panel: Jean Baptiste Hilaire. 15.3 x 22.8 cm. Framed.
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