Attributed to Martinus Schouman (1770-1848)

An Album with 153 Drawings and Sketches of Ships and Landscapes, including some with views of or near Rotterdam and Dordrecht, one of Hellevoetssluis, 36 of figures and allegories, one of flowers, one of a basket, one of Chinese Temples, and one of a mountainous landscape, some with recto and verso, on 111 grey paper pages

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Attributed to Martinus Schouman (1770-1848)
An Album with 153 Drawings and Sketches of Ships and Landscapes, including some with views of or near Rotterdam and Dordrecht, one of Hellevoetssluis, 36 of figures and allegories, one of flowers, one of a basket, one of Chinese Temples, and one of a mountainous landscape, some with recto and verso, on 111 grey paper pages
one dated '9 Augt 1809', one inscribed 'de wolle ververs Haven van de maaszijde te zien', some extensively inscribed, some with the names of ships including 'Maas en Rotterdam', 'D'Vrouwmaria', some with instructions for later use or colour indications
pencil, some with black chalk, some with grey wash or watercolour, two on brown paper with white chalk, a few incised, (fragmentary) watermarks J. Honig & Zonen, Pro Patria with letters GP or letters HT, Vryheit, Van Gelder, fleur-de-lys, encircled crowned letters CR with laurels, D. & C. Blauw, arms of Amsterdam, J. Kloppenburg and others, the grey paper pages with watermarks E. van Oorspronk and letters CWP, all bound in a contemporary paper board binding, this with label 'B'
292 x 535 mm. and smaller, the interleaves averaging 538 x 310 mm.

Provenance

The artist's estate; Van Geluk & Mak van Waay, Dordrecht, 25 November 1850 ff., possibly part of lots 1-2, 120-299, 300-487 or 533-573, which also included drawings by J.C. Schotel.
An unidentified label numbered '6852' on the first page.

Lot Essay

The majority of the ships studies may be attributed to Martinus Schouman, also on the basis of a comparison to the studies in a smaller album, see the previous in this sale.
The studies of figures, some in interiors, some of allegories, and a number of other drawings, are mostly on wove paper, and should be attributed to other hands. This album was probably assembled in the early 19th Century.

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