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(4) Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931)
Portrait of Péronne Arntzenius
Details
(4) Willem Bastiaan Tholen (Dutch, 1860-1931)
Portrait of Péronne Arntzenius
signed 'Th.' (lower right)
black chalk on paper
32 x 25 cm.;
and Two sketchbooks containing drawings of various subjects including figures and landscapes; and A family album containing photographs of the Tholen-de Ranitz family. (4)
Provenance
Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, The Hague.
Mrs W.E.E. Tholen-de Ranitz.
Mr D. Bolten, The Hague.
Special notice
Christie's charges a Buyer's premium calculated at 23.205% of the hammer price for each lot with a value up to €110,000. If the hammer price of a lot exceeds €110,000 then the premium for the lot is calculated at 23.205% of the first €110,000 plus 11.9% of any amount in excess of €110,000. Buyer's Premium is calculated on this basis for each lot individually.
Lot Essay
The sitter is one of the children of the artist's friend Floris Arntzenius (1864-1925). The families Tholen and Arntzenius both lived in the Kanaalvilla in Scheveningen.