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Design for an engraving: Jalofs, from De Mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol
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Jacques Kuyper (Amsterdam 1761-1808)
Design for an engraving: Jalofs, from De Mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol
pen and black ink, watercolour, black ink framing lines
13.9 x 9.3 cm.; and five further drawings:
a. Jacques Kuyper (1761-1808), Design for a title page (pl. 5)
b. Attributed to Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), An elegant company, perhaps a study for a theatre scene (pl. 6)
c. Attributed to Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), A medieval figure and a study of two heads (recto) (pl. 4); Fragmentary studies of other figures (verso)
d. David Cohen Pareira (1797-1876), The apostle Thaddeus, after Piazzetta (pl. 6), and
e. Wotherus Mol (1785-1857), A game of backgammon, after a painting by Ochtervelt (pl. 6)
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Design for an engraving: Jalofs, from De Mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol
pen and black ink, watercolour, black ink framing lines
13.9 x 9.3 cm.; and five further drawings:
a. Jacques Kuyper (1761-1808), Design for a title page (pl. 5)
b. Attributed to Reinier Vinkeles (1741-1816), An elegant company, perhaps a study for a theatre scene (pl. 6)
c. Attributed to Ary Scheffer (1795-1858), A medieval figure and a study of two heads (recto) (pl. 4); Fragmentary studies of other figures (verso)
d. David Cohen Pareira (1797-1876), The apostle Thaddeus, after Piazzetta (pl. 6), and
e. Wotherus Mol (1785-1857), A game of backgammon, after a painting by Ochtervelt (pl. 6)
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Provenance
possibly Six van Hillegom; de Vries et al., Amsterdam, 27 July 1845, lots 217-240 ( '[...] door J. Kuiper [...] De Frontespice tot No. 240 of Tijtel van het beroemde werk van Stuart en Kuiper, de Mensch').
Exhibited
Haarlem, Teylers Museum, Edele eenvoud. Neo-Classicisme in Nederland, 1989, no. 35 (catalogue by C. Tuyll van Serooskerken van Grijzenhout).
Engraved
by Ludwig Gottlieb Portman (1772-1828/48), in the same direction, and used in De Mensch, zoo als hij voorkomt op den bekenden aardbol, I, 1802.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Harriet West