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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DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Figure and head studies. Brown pen. 10.5 x 18.3 cm. Framed.
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NEAPOLITAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
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Circle of OUDRY, JEAN-BAPTISTE (Paris 1686 - 1755 Beauvais), 1. Turkey, seen from the front 2. Turkey, seen from the back. Two sheets. Black and grey pen, grey brush, watercolour. Each 25.8 x 33.3 cm. Framed. Provenance: - Estate of Ernst Beyeler, Basel
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DUCROS, ABRAHAM-LOUIS-RODOLPHE (Yverdon 1748 - 1810 Lausanne) Le Temple de la Concorde. Circa/after 1780. Black, grey and brown pen, with watercolour. Entitled within the image, centre bottom in black pen: Le Temple de la Concorde. Inscribed in lower broad margin in black pen: Tempio della Concordia. 51 x 72 cm. In original frame of the period. Literature: see. Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros. Un peintre suisse en Italie. Katalog des Musée des Beaux-Arts Lausanne, 1998 p. 50 No. 10
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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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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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MIND, GOTTFRIED (1768 Bern 1814) Mother cat with three young. Watercolour on wire-wove paper. 21.5 x 28.5 (image). Framed.
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DELACROIX, EUGÈNE (Charenton-Saint Maurice 1798 - 1863 Paris) Two male heads, after Peter Paul Rubens. Brown pen. Stamped lower right: E.D. 13.5 x 20.5 (image). Framed. Provenance: - Sale of the estate of Eugene Delacroix, Paris, 17. Feb. 1864, Lugt 838
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ZERILLO, FRANCESCO (1793 - 1837) Palermo preso della Selva di S.ta Maria del Gesu. Gouache with opaque white. The outer line in brown, white and black with a brown gouached margin. Signed and dated on the right of the lower margin in brown pen: F.sco Zerilli dis.. dal vero, e dip.. in Palermo 1836. Old title verso in pencil. 31 x 46 cm. Gold frame.
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DUNKER, BALTHASAR ANTON (Saal bei Stralsund 1746 - 1807 Bern). The Reichenbach falls. Black pen with watercolour. Old mount 53.2 x 38 cm. Gold frame.
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TISCHBEIN, JOHANN HEINRICH WILHELM (Haina 1751 - 1829 Eutin) Tree with two ocelots and a bird's nest. Brown pen, black chalk, watercolour and heightened in white. On hand-made paper with watermark. D &CBlauw. 22.5 x 18 cm. Framed. Text in brown pen from the circle of Johann Heinrich Tischbein with the title: Die Tigerkatzen.
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BOLDINI, GIOVANNI (Ferrara 1842 - 1931 Paris) Study for a young lady at her toilette. Pencil. Old inscription verso on back panel: Boldini 22 x 15.5 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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DANLOUX, HENRI - PIERRE (1753 Paris 1809) Portrait of a young woman. Pastel. Inscribed on the back panel of the frame: Danloux 22 x 18.5 cm (image). In carved frame of the period. 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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HERKOMER, HUBERT VON (Waal 1849 - 1914 Budleigh Salterton) Portrait of John Ruskin, 1870. Black chalk. Monogrammed and dated in centre of right margin: H.H.70. 41.5 x 30 cm. Framed.
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HELLEU, PAUL CESAR (Vannes 1859 - 1827 Paris) Female nude in reclining pose. Black, red and white chalk, on light board. Signed lower left in black chalk: Helleu. Numbered upper right in brown pen: 215. 50 x 35.5 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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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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FRENCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Two studies of hands: 1. hand resting, slightly opened. 2. hand with cloth. Red chalk heightened in white. On blue hand-made paper. 15 x 16.3 cm and 11.2 x 16 cm. Framed together.
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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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GERMAN SCHOOL, 1ST QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY Couple in a loggia, contemplating Vesuvius. Pen and brush in black and brown. With black pen outer line. 16.5 x 21.7 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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ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Greyhound. Brown pen, with brown wash. Numbered upper right: 16 18.2 x 9 cm. Framed.
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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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VAUCHER, GABRIEL-CONSTANT (1768 Geneva 1814) Mythological scene with Eros and his parents Ares and Aphrodite. Grey pen, with grey wash and heightened in white. On paper with grey-green ground. Verso old inscription on the back of the frame: Vaucher. 23 x 34.5 cm. In a frame of the same period. 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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GUYS, ERNEST ADOLPHE HYACINTHE CONSTANTIN (Vlissingen 1802 - 1892 Paris) Calèche ouverte,élégantes et homme à cheval. Black and brown pen, with grey and black wash. Old mount. Old inscription and dedication on mount in brown pen: dessin de Constantin Guys (-1853... (?) a mon cher Marco Feoth, Nadar Fevrier 91. 23 x 40.5 cm. Framed.
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