BERNARDO MALPIZZI (ATTRIBUTED)

(Mantua, c. 1553 –1623)

A sibyl with scroll and putti. Design for a niche fresco.

Pen and black ink, brush and brown ink, heightened with white on grey-blue laid paper.

25.5 x 25.5 cm.

ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY.

A battle scene. After POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (c. 1497 - c. 1543).

Black chalk, pen and brush and brown ink, heightened in white.

21.8 x 30.5 cm. Framed.

GHERADO CIBO (CIRCLE OF)

(Genua 1512 - 1600 Arcevia)

A mountainous landscape with ruins, a castle and three men on a path.

Pen and brush and brown ink, grey-brown wash, heightened in white and with traces of red chalk. On blue laid paper.

With monogram on a tablet at tree trunk in lower area of the depiction: A (?) not identified.

20.9 x 22 cm. Framed.

GIOVANNI BATTISTA TROTTI IL MALOSSO (ATTRIBUTED)

(Cremona 1555 - 1619 Parma)

The Virgin triumphant over evil, with God the Father with putti floating in clouds above.

Black chalk, watercolour.

Auf der Rückseite mit brauner Feder alt bezeichnet: Guercino del Cento.

40.8 x 23 cm. Framed.

FEDERICO ZUCCARI (CIRCLE OF)

(Sant'Angelo in Vado, c. 1540 - 1609 Ancona)

Portrait of a man in a grand oval frame.

Pen and brush and brown ink, heightened with white, traces of black pencil.

Old mount. Verso with old numbering in black pen: 38.

23 x 18.1 cm.

LEANDRO BASSANO (CIRCLE OF)

(Bassano del Grappa 1557 - 1622 Venice)

A study of Christ Carrying the Cross.

Black chalk, heightened with white. On grey-blue laid paper without watermark.

Verso with several old numberings.

27.8 x 18.6 cm.

LUCA CAMBIASO (CIRCLE/SCHOOL OF)

(Moneglia 1527 - 1585 San Lorenzo de El Escorial)

The Holy Family with John the Baptist as a boy.

Pen and brush and brown ink, traces of black pencil.

25.7 x 19.4 cm.

ITALIAN, 16TH CENTURY

Adam handing the apple to Eve.

Pen and brush and brown ink, squared with black chalk.

Verso inscribed in brown pen: Dominico Brusizorgio.

17 cm (round).

FRANCISCO VIEIRA DE MATTOS IL LUSITANO (ATTRIBUTED)

(1699 Lisbon 1783 )

The arts triumphant over evil.

Red chalk.

37 x 25.2 cm. Framed.

ITALIAN, CIRCA 1600

The twelve-year-old Jesus preaching in the temple.

Pen and brush and brown ink, black chalk.

30.2 x 23.2 cm.

ISRAEL SILVESTRE (ATTRIBUTED)

(Nancy 1621 - 1691 Paris)

Two views: 1. View of San Giovanni in Laterano; 2. View of houses and ancient ruins near Santa Maria Maggiore.

Red chalk.

Each inscribed and dated in black pen at lower edge: 1. Veduta di S. Gioanni Laterano. Roma. 1632. 2. Veduta delle Sete Salle Vicina a Sta. Maria Maggiore.1632.

13.6 x 19.8 cm and 15.2 x 21.8 cm.

GASPAR ADRIAENS VAN WITTEL (CIRCLE OF)

(Amsersfoort 1653 - 1736 Rome)

View of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome.

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and grey ink.

Inscribed in grey pen lower left: Casparo V. Wöttel.

21.8 x 29.2 cm.

BERNARDINO GATTI IL SOJARO (ATTRIBUTED)

(Pavia, c. 1495 - 1576 Cremona)

A bishop with his staff. Verso study of a woman at a table and a child in a basket.

Black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey-brown wash.

31 x 22.5 cm.

ITALIAN, 17TH CENTURY

The Adoration of the Magi. Verso: A landscape with figures.

Pen and brown ink, red chalk. Verso: black chalk.

20.6 x 27.7 cm.

FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO (CIRCLE OF)

(1707 Venice 1769)

Bacchus and Ariadne.

Pen and brown ink, brush and grey ink.

Inscribed in pencil lower left: Callot fe.

27 x 18.8 mm.

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

Two female prisoners on a stake surrounded by other figures. Probably a scene from Tasso.

Pen and brush and brown ink.

Inscribed lower right: G. Waltz f. (?)

27.7 x 39.2 cm.

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

Design for a wall decoration with putti.

Pen and brush and brown ink.

22 x 7.6 cm.

HANS HOLBEIN II (SCHOOL OF)

(Augsburg 1497 - 1543 London)

A portrait of a middle-aged man with a scroll (Erasmus of Rotterdam?).

Pen and brush and brown ink.

8.5 cm (round).

SWITZERLAND, CIRCA 1600

Allegories of Peace and Justice. Design for stained glass.

Pen and black ink, brush and grey ink. Traces of black chalk.

Verso with old inscription in black chalk: Maurer Conrad. Attributed on the mat: Josias Murer.

19.2 x 12.6 cm.

DANIEL LINDTMAYER (ATTRIBUTED)

(Schaffhausen 1552 - 1606 Central Switzerland)

Design for a stained glass window with Saints Benedict and Findanus. Circa 1582.

Pen and black ink, brush and grey ink, watercolour.

41 x 33 cm. Framed.

SWISS OR GERMAN, CIRCA 1600

1. Promoteus- December; 2. Endaxus - Januarius. Two sheets from a series of months.

Pan and black ink, blue wash.

Each titled and numbered in black pen below the depiction: 12 and 1. Inscribed on old mount: Ch. Murer.

12.2 x 12.5 cm and 12.8 x 12.6 cm.

SWITZERLAND, CIRCA 1600

Fragment of a design for stained glass depicting a female martyr.

Pen and black ink, brush and grey ink.

The old label inscribed in brown pen: Stadler fecit.

19.5 x 15 cm.

NETHERLANDISH, 17TH CENTURY

A young woman with a basket of flowers in a castle garden.

Pen and brown ink, grey, brown and green wash.

14 x 12.5 cm.

JAN LIEVENS (CLOSE VICINITY OR CIRCLE OF)

(Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)

Portrait of a bearded old man.

Red chalk, pen and brown-grey ink.

14 x 12.5 cm.

GILLIS AEGIDIUS NEYTS

(Gent 1623 - 1687 Antwerp)

A mountainous landscape with castle and town, a seated woman with dogs in the foreground.

Pen and brush and brown ink, watercolour.

14.5 x 20.2 cm.