Old Masters Winter Edition, including Drawings & Watercolours from the Collection of a Connoisseur
Lots: 262
The Old Masters Winter Edition at Chiswick Auctions features an important private collection of drawings and watercolours from a renowned connoisseur.
The collection of predominantly English 18th and 19th century drawings and watercolours was formed over 60 years by a private collector who searched the art market from Bermondsey to Bond Street and the Marché aux Puces to Manhattan. This connoisseur was passionate about collecting watercolours, drawings and prints and he had an interesting and diverse eye. His collections were mostly kept at home carefully stored in boxes with occasional outings for appraisal and research. Each item was special to him and very few ever reached the open market.
Highlights from the collection include a previously unrecorded graphite study taken from life at Berne by Richard Parkes Bonington which has been verified by the leading expert Patrick Noon. As with the Cyril Fry sale, most of the lots are unframed but nearly all were beautifully mounted and stored carefully. Many of the lots are offered in folders that have been carefully constructed according to theme or artist. There are examples by William Henry Hunt, Edward Lear, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, William Samuel Howitt, John Varley and Peter De Wint to name just a few artists. The sale offers a wonderful opportunity for collectors, new and seasoned to find works that have been treasured and beautifully preserved.
The family hope the sale will provide a memorial to a fanatical but much appreciated collector and aesthete.
Expertise and cataloguing for Drawings & Watercolours from the Collection of a Connoisseur was provided by Suzanne Zack, Consultant to Chiswick Auctions. For any enquiries regarding this part of the Old Masters Winter Edition, please contact Suzanne at suzanne.zack@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Lot 100 - AFTER PETER PAUL RUBENS (SEIGEN 1577-1640 ANTWERP)
Sold for £2,000
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Lot 101 - AFTER TITIAN (PIEVE DI CADORE 1488/1490 - 1756 VENICE)
Sold for £450
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Lot 111 - FOLLOWER OF SIR PETER PAUL RUBENS (SEIGEN 1577-1640 ANTWERP)
Sold for £1,875
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Lot 112 - AFTER REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (LEIDEN 1606-1669 AMSTERDAM)
Sold for £8,125
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Lot 116 - CIRCLE OF MELCHIOR D'HONDECOETER (UTRECHT 1636-1695 AMSTERDAM)
Sold for £3,000
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Lot 118 - CIRCLE OF REINER NOOMS, KNOWN AS ZEEMAN (DUTCH 1623-1664)
Sold for £250
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Lot 120 - ATTRIBUTED TO PAULUS POTTER (ENKHUIZEN 1625-1654 AMSTERDAM)
Sold for £1,625
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Lot 121 - CIRCLE OF NICOLAES PIETERSZOON BERCHEM (HAARLEM 1620-1683 AMSTERDAM)
Sold for £425
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Lot 129 - ATTRIBUTED TO MICHAEL DAHL (STOCKHOLM 1659-1743 LONDON)
Sold for £3,750
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Lot 135 - * THOMAS BARKER, CALLED BARKER OF BATH (1769-1847)*
Sold for £625
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Lot 142 - ITALIAN SCHOOL (16TH CENTURY), AFTER POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO
Sold for £1,500
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Lot 144 - AFTER PIETRO PERUGINO (CITTA DELLA PIEVE 1446-1523 FONTIGNANO)
Sold for £3,500
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Lot 146 - CIRCLE OF GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (GENOA 1609–1664 MANTUA)
Sold for £2,000
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Lot 147 - ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI BENEDETTO CASTIGLIONE (1609–1664)
Sold for £1,000
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Lot 150 - AFTER GIOVANNI FRANCESCO GRIMALDI (BOLOGNA 1606-1680 ROME)
Sold for £300
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Lot 164 - ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN HOPPNER, R.A. (LONDON 1758-1810)
Sold for £250
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Lot 172 - AATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS SUNDERLAND (WHITTINGTON HALL 1744-1823 ULVERSTON)
Sold for £50
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Lot 182 - HELEN ALLINGHAM (SWADLINCOTE 1848-1926 HASLEMERE)
Sold for £1,062
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Lot 184 - AFTER JOHN PAPWORTH (LONDON 1775 - 1847 LITTLE PAXTON)
Sold for £275
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Lot 196 - HANS BALDUNG GRIEN (SCHWÄBISCH GMÜND (?) 1484/85-1545 STRASBOURG)
Sold for £812
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Lot 197 - HANS SEBALD BEHAM (NUREMBERG 1500-1550 FRANKFURT AM MAIN)
Sold for £250
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