Portrait of Cornelis Sebille Roos (1753-1819)

Details

Adriaan de Lelie (Tilburg 1755-1820 Amsterdam)
Portrait of Cornelis Sebille Roos (1753-1819)
watercolour, pencil framing lines
8½ x 6¼ in. (21.8 x 15.6 cm.); with a collection of documents relating to the artistic and collecting community in 19th-Century Amsterdam:
a. A letter to Gerrit van de Velde from a descendant of Cornelis Sebille Roos, dated 13 July 1888 and giving information about the sitter
b. Three letters from Christian Heinrich Ebersbach (1763-1858), dated 25 February 1789, 27 January 1796 and 16 October 1810, regarding his art collection and his connection with the Lutheran Church
c. A printed leaflet containing a verse farewell published to mark the celebration on 17 February 1839 of Christian Heinrich Ebersbach's fifty years of service as a preacher in the Evangelical Lutheran community in Amsterdam
d. Johannes Cornelis Mertens (1742-1821), Silhouette portrait of Christian Heinrich Ebersbach (1763-1858) (pl. 1)
e. Johannes Cornelis Mertens (1742-1821), Portrait of Christian Heinrich Ebersbach (1763-1858), bust-length (pl. 1), signed and dated 1802
f. Daniël Dupré (1751-1817), Allegory of the art collection of Josephus Augustinus Brentano (1753-1821) (pl. 2)
g. Bartholomeus van Heyningen (active late 18th Century), Self portrait (pl. 1)
h. Carel Jacob Baar van Slangenburgh (1783-1845), Portrait of Joan Melchior Kemper (1776-1824) (pl. 1)
i. Hendrik Willem Caspari (1770-1829), Portrait of Johann Melchior Kemper (1776-1824) (pl. 1), engraving, 1814
j. Dutch School, 19th Century, Portrait of Carel Lodwijk Hansen (1765-1840) (pl. 1)
k. Dutch School, early 19th Century, Portrait of a lady in profile, possibly Christina de Vries, the wife of Joan Melchior Kemper (pl. 1) l. Dutch School, 19th Century, Portrait of a young woman, possibly Betje, the daughter of Joan Melchior Kemper (pl. 1)
m. Coenraad Hamburger (1809-after 1871), Portrait of Daniël Kerkhoff (1766-1821), bust-length, wearing a beret and spectacles (pl. 1), signed and dated 1841, possibly a free copy after the 1811 printed portrait by Jacob Ernst Marcus (1774-1826) after Hendrik Willem Caspari (1770-1829) (13)

Provenance

G. van de Velde; from whom purchased by [an unknown collector?] for 3 guilders on 16 September 1890 (according to an inscription on the verso).

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Cornelis Sebille Roos (1753-1819) played a crucial role in the artistic life of the Netherlands in the 19th Century, both as a dealer and as a connoisseur. He served as Inspector of Arts at the Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, but his greatest contribution to his country's cultural life came with his involvement in the foundation of the Rijksmuseum. As one of the new museum's most devoted supporters, and as one of the experts who selected the founding collection, Roos's cultural legacy continues to this day. The present lot includes a letter from one of his descendants, dated 13 July 1888, which gives further details about his life and career. The present drawing seems to be a final preparatory study, probably made from life, for de Lelie's oil portrait of Roos, dating from 1815, which is now in the Rijksmuseum (inv. SK-A-3098).

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