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 204 - * SCHOOL OF HENDRICK GOLTZIUS (BRÜGGEN 1558-1617 HAARLEM)
Sold for £100
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 205 - JAN HARMENSZ MULLER (AMSTERDAM 1571-1628), AFTER BARTHOLOMEUS SPRANGER
Sold for £3,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 211 - AGOSTINO CARRACCI (BOLOGNA 1557-1602 PARMA), AFTER ANTONIO DA CORREGGIO
Sold for £750
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 212 - AGOSTINO CARRACCI (BOLOGNA 1557-1602 PARMA) AFTER FEDERICO BAROCCI
Sold for £525
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 213 - MASTER FG (ACTIVE 1540s), AFTER FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO
Sold for £550
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 214 - CORNELIS CORT (HOORN OR EDAM 1533-1578 ROME), AFTER TITIAN
Sold for £1,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 216 - * ATTRIBUTED TO ANTONIO DA TRENTO (TRENTO 1520 - 1550 BOLOGNA)
Sold for £600
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 217 - ANTON MARIA ZANETTI THE ELDER (VENICE, 1680-1757), AFTER PARMIGIANINO
Sold for £300
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 219 - PIERRE BIARD THE YOUNGER (PARIS 1592-1661), POSSIBLY AFTER GIULIO ROMANO
Sold for £275
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 220 - AFTER SEBASTIEN BOURDON (MONTPELLIER 1616-1671 PARIS)
Sold for £225
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 230 - * JACOBUS NEEFFS (ANTWERP 1610-AFTER 1660) & ANTHONY VAN DYCK (ANTWERP 1599-1641 LONDON)
Sold for £125
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 238 - MELCHIOR KÜSEL (AUGSBURG 1626-1683) AFTER GERARD DE LAIRESSE (LIÈGE 1641-1711 AMSTERDAM)
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 241 - CHARLES NICOLAS COCHIN (1715-1790) AFTER CARLE VAN LOO (1705-1765)
Sold for £100
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 248 - FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (FUENDETODOS 1746-1828 BORDEAUX)
Sold for £88
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 249 - FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES (FUENDETODOS 1746-1828 BORDEAUX)
Sold for £300
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 250 - JOHN SMITH (c. 1652 - 1743) AFTER GODFREY KNELLER (LÜBECK 1646-1723 LONDON)
Sold for £175
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 256 - * HONORÉ VICTORIN DAUMIER (MARSEILLE 1808-1879 VALMONDOIS)
Sold for £500
Includes Buyer's Premium
Lot 257 - * JAMES JACQUES JOSEPH TISSOT (NANTES 1836-1902 CHENECEY-BUILLON)
Sold for £275
Includes Buyer's Premium
