• Auction 19981

    Old Master & British Drawings

    14 January 2022 - 28 January 2022, New York

    SALE TOTAL: 1,439,125 (USD)
70 Lots for Sale 19981
Lot 1
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCESCO PRIMATICCIO (Bologna 1503-1570 Paris)
Study of a standing woman with her arms up
black chalk, pen and brown ink heightened with white, on light brown paper
7 5⁄8 x 3 in. (19.4 x 7.5 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 2
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Noah’s Sacrifice
pen and brown ink, brown wash
16 1⁄5 x 9 2⁄5 in. (41 x 24 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

Lot 3
ITALIAN SCHOOOL, 16TH CENTURY
Foliage scrolls with doves, a field mouse and a design for a capital
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark crown surmounted by a cross (countermark)
10 7⁄8 x 14 1⁄4 in. (28 x 37.2 cm)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 4
ATTRIBUTED TO BENEDETTO CALIARI (Venice 1538-1598)
A falling man
pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, on blue paper
10 1⁄4 x 7 7⁄8 in. (26 x 20.5 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$18,750
Lot 5
FEDERICO ZUCCARO (Sant’Angelo in Vado 1539-1609 Ancona)
Design for the two outer wings of an altarpiece with a group of virgin martyrs...
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, on light brown paper, watermark coat of arms with letters below
13 1⁄2 x 10 in. (34 x 25 cm)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$27,500
Lot 6
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, IL GUERCINO (Cento 1591-1666 Bologna)
Mars brandishing a sword
pen and brown ink
10 x 7 3⁄4 in. (25.5 x 19.7 cm)
estimate
$70,000 - $100,000

price realized
$275,000
Lot 8
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600
Studies of heads (recto); Two seated angels (verso)
black and red chalk heightened with white (recto); red and black chalk, squared in black chalk (verso), watermark fleur-de-lys in a circle surmounted by a crown
7 x 10 1⁄2 in. (17.7 x 26.5 cm)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$10,625
Lot 9
SALVATOR ROSA (Naples 1615-1673 Rome)
Four men throwing dice
red chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
3 x 4 3⁄8 in. (7.6 x 11 cm), irregularly shaped
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$6,875
Lot 10
TERESA DEL PÒ (Rome 1649-1713 Naples)
Pan and Syrinx; Apollo and Daphne
bodycolor on vellum, mounted on cardboard
14 5⁄8 x 12 1⁄8 in. (37x 30.7cm), oval
(2)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

price realized
$212,500
Lot 11
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
A seated woman seen from below
pen and brown ink, brown wash
6 1⁄2 x 7 1⁄4 in. (16.3 x 18.5 cm)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$21,250
Lot 12
GIUSEPPE GALLI BIBIENA (Parma 1696-1757 Berlin)
A set design of a palace courtyard with a harbor in the background
black chalk, black and brown ink, gray wash, watermark ‘IV’ (countermark)
12 3⁄8 x 18 1⁄2 in. (31 x 47 cm)
estimate
$2,500 - $3,500

price realized
$17,500
Lot 13
PIETRO LONGHI (Venice 1701-1785)
A priest giving a sermon in a church
black chalk, watermark coat of arms above letters ‘ROSA’
7 5⁄8 x 11 in. (19.5 x 28 cm)
estimate
$15,000 - $20,000

Lot 14
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO (Venice 1696-1770 Madrid)
Study of a female head and of drapery
red and white chalk, on light brown (formerly blue) paper
9 1⁄8 x 6 1⁄2 in. (23.3 x 16.8 cm)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$23,750
Lot 15
CARLO ALBERTO BARATTA (Genoa 1754-1815)
A young woman kissing Minerva’s hand with other figures (recto); Nude...
black chalk, pen and black and brown ink, black and brown wash, heightened with white, on brown paper (recto); red chalk (verso)
11 3⁄4 x 16 1⁄4 in. (30 x 41 cm)
estimate
$7,000 - $9,000

Lot 16
BARTOLOMEO PINELLI (Rome 1781-1835)
Achilles scaring away Trojans after the death of Patroclus
black chalk, pen and black ink, gray wash
22 1⁄4 x 30 1⁄4 in. (56.5 x 76.8 cm)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 17
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
A man returning from a sea voyage welcomed home
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash
11 3⁄4 x 17 7⁄8 in. (30 x 43 cm)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,500

price realized
$1,250
Lot 18
FRANZ CAUCIG (Gorizia 1755-1828 Vienna)
A young woman rescuing Aristomenes of Messene from captivity
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, engraved Greek key pattern borders
11 1⁄4 x 15 1⁄8 in. (28.8 x 38.2 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 19
AFTER MARTIN SCHONGAUER (Colmar 1448-1491 Breisach)
Saint Dorothea, with the Christ Child bringing her a basket of flowers
pen and black ink, gray wash
5 x 6 in. (12.8 x 15 cm)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 20
AFTER NIKLAUS MANUEL DEUTSCH (Bern 1484-1530)
Three scenes from the Dance of Death: The Emperor and the King; The Duke and...
pen and brown ink, bodycolor heightened with white on paper mounted on board
9 x 13 in. (22.9 x 33 cm) each
(3)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 21
JOHANN KÖNIG (Nuremberg 1586-1642)
Job on the dung heap with his three friends and other figures in a stormy...
bodycolor on vellum, gold framing line, mounted on board
3 3⁄8 x 5 in. (8.5 x 13 cm)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 22
HENDRICK GOUDT (The Hague 1583-1648 Utrecht)
Three figures on a knoll with sheep
pen and brown ink
2 x 4 1⁄2 in. (5 x 11.5 cm)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

Lot 24
JAN DE BISSCHOP (Amsterdam 1628-1671 The Hague)
Two groups of men by an altar, after the antique
pen and brown ink, brown wash
3 1⁄2 x 5 1⁄4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 cm)
estimate
$1,500 - $2,000

price realized
$2,750
Lot 25
ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT (Gorinchem 1566-1651 Utrecht)
A sportsman resting under a tree with two dogs
black chalk, pen and brown ink, red wash heightened with white, pen and black ink framing line
4 x 6 1⁄8 in. (10.3 x 15.5 cm)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$23,750
Lot 26
ATTRIBUTED TO CASPER CASTELEYN (HAARLEM CIRCA 1625-AFTER 1661)
A manor house by a river in woodland
black chalk, gray wash, watermark crowned coat of arms with the Holy Lamb (?)
11 1⁄8 x 13 1⁄2 in. (28.2 x 34.4 cm)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$1,500
Lot 27
FRANS SNIJDERS (Antwerp 1579-1657)
Two cocks fighting, a pair of chickens and doves mating with three other...
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
10 3⁄4 x 17 in. (27.4 x 43.3 cm)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 28
JACOB JORDAENS (Antwerp 1593-1678)
A singing boy holidng sheet music
red, black, and white chalk, on buff paper, pen and brown ink framing line
9 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄8 in. (24 x 20.5 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$32,500
Lot 29
SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (Antwerp 1599-1641 London)
Study for the portrait of a standing man
black chalk heightened with white, on blue paper
9 x 6 3⁄8 in. (22.5 x 16.3 cm)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 30
PIETER CORNELISZ. VERBEECK (Haarlem 1610⁄1615-1652/1654)
Saint Paul standing in a landscape
black chalk on vellum
8 3⁄4 x 6 in. (22 x 15.1 cm)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 31
SCHOOL OF REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Tobias and the Angel (recto); A compositional study (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash (recto); brush and brown wash (verso), watermark foolscap
6 7⁄8 x 8 1⁄4 in. (16.4 x 20.8 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 32
SCHOOL OF REMBRANDT VAN RIJN (Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam)
Christ and Mary Magdalene
pen and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines
7 1⁄2 x 10 1⁄8 in (19 x 25.4 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$3,000
Lot 33
DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A standing man holding a stick
black chalk, pen and brown ink framing line, watermark ‘PB’
10 1⁄4x 5 1⁄2 in. (26 13.8 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 34
ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE (Haarlem 1610-1685) AND CORNELIS DUSART (Haarlem 1660-1704)
Peasants outside an inn, smoking and drinking
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and gray wash, pen and black ink framing line, watermark foolscap
7 7⁄8 x 6 1⁄2 in. (20.2 x 16.5 cm)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$7,500
Lot 35
PIETER WITHOOS (Amersfoort 1654-1693 Amsterdam)
A praying mantis, two longhorn beetles, a grasshopper in flight and other...
pen and brown ink, watercolor
9 x 13 3⁄8 in. (23 x 34 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 36
ANTONY HENSTENBURGH (Hoorn 1695-1781)
Four butterflies and three moths
pen and ink and watercolor on vellum
11 1⁄2 x 15 1⁄2 in. (29 x 39.5 cm)
estimate
$5,000 - $7,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 39
CIRCLE OF JOHANN GEORG PLATZER (EPPAN 1704-1761)
The Battle of the Centaurs and the Lapiths
red chalk, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with white on multiple pieces of paper, laid down on canvas mounted on a stretcher
33 1⁄2 x 51 3⁄4 in. (85 x 131.4 cm)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 40
PIERRE-PAUL SEVIN (Tournon-sur-Rhône 1650-1710)
The Wedding at Cana, after Paolo Veronese
black chalk, bodycolor with gold framing lines, on vellum mounted on panel
13 3⁄4 x 20 3⁄4 in. (35 x 52.5 cm)
estimate
$30,000 - $40,000

price realized
$32,500
Lot 41
MICHEL CORNEILLE THE YOUNGER (Paris 1642-1708)
Eight studies of women’s heads
black, red, and white chalk, on blue paper
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$11,875
Lot 42
FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
David and Hercules (recto); Study of a seated figure (verso)
black and red chalk and red wash (recto); red chalk (verso)
7 1⁄8 x 9 3⁄4 in. (17.9 x 24.5 cm)
estimate
$2,000 - $4,000

price realized
$2,375
Lot 44
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS BOUCHER (Paris 1703-1770)
The sleep of Cupid
black, red and white chalk, on light brown paper
7 7⁄8 x 12 1⁄4 in. (20 x 31 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $5,000

price realized
$17,500
Lot 45
JEAN-BAPTISTE PERRONNEAU (Paris 1715-1783 Amsterdam)
Portrait of a lady wearing a fur-lined blue coat
pastel on paper, mounted on canvas
24 x 19 1⁄8 in. (61 x 48.5 cm)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$6,000
Lot 46
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD (Grasse 1732-1806 Paris)
Orlando subdues a brigand with a firebrand (Orlando furioso, XIII,...
black chalk, brown and gray wash, watermark letters in a circle
15 1⁄8 x 10 1⁄2 in. (38.5 x 26.5 cm)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 47
JEAN RESTOUT (Rouen 1692-1768 Paris)
The Rest on the Flight to Egypt
black and white chalk, on brown (formerly blue) paper mounted on canvas
21 3⁄4 x 18 1⁄4 in. (55.5 x 46.5 cm)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 48
CHARLES-LOUIS CLÉRISSEAU (Paris 1721-1820 Auteuil)
An artist sketching and other figures among the ruins of the Temple of Diana at...
watercolor and bodycolor (recto); brush and gray ink (verso)
16 1⁄8 x 22 in. (40.9 x 56 cm)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$25,000
Lot 49
CHARLES-LOUIS CLÉRISSEAU (Paris 1721-1820 Auteuil)
An architectural capriccio with a colonnade and two groups of figures sitting...
black chalk, watercolor, bodycolor; together with, as its pendant, CIRCLE OF CHARLES-LOUIS CLÉRISSEAU, An architectural capriccio with ruins of a classical building and figures, 24 3⁄4 x 21 1⁄4 in. (68 x 54.1cm), black chalk, watercolor, bodycolor
24 3⁄4 x 21 1⁄4 in. (68 x 54.1cm)
(2)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$20,000
Lot 50
CLAUDE-JOSEPH VERNET (Avignon 1714-1789 Paris)
A harbor scene with fishermen pushing a boat in the water; Fisherfolk on the...
black chalk, gray wash, black chalk framing line, watermark fleur-de-lys in a shield surmounted by a crown (i); black chalk, gray wash, black chalk framing line, watermark ‘D&C BLAUW’
12 1⁄4 x 19 1⁄2 in. (31 x 49.5 cm) each
(2)
estimate
$12,000 - $18,000

price realized
$27,500
Lot 51
HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733-1808)
The ruins of an antique building with an obelisk and figures
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolor, watermark arms of Strasbourg and countermark ‘D. & C. Blauw’
16 5⁄8 x 12 3⁄8 in. (42.2 x 31.6 cm)
estimate
$20,000 - $30,000

price realized
$81,250
Lot 52
CAMILLO DE VITO (ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY)
Four views of the Vesuvius erupting
bodycolor
16 3⁄4 x 25 3⁄4 in. (42.8 x 65.5 cm) each
(4)
estimate
$6,000 - $8,000

price realized
$35,000
Lot 53
CORNELIS KRUSEMAN (Amsterdam 1797-1857 Lisse)
The temple of Hercules Victor in Rome
graphite, brown wash, graphite framing line, on wove paper
7 1⁄2 x 8 in. (18.5 x 20.5 cm)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$10,625
Lot 54
CARL ANTON JOSEPH ROTTMANN (Heidelberg 1797-1850 Munich)
An extensive landscape with the roman amphitheater at Pula
graphite, pen and brown ink, brown and green wash
14 x 21 1⁄4 in. (35.6 x 54.2 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 55
CASPAR DAVID FRIEDRICH (Greifswald 1774-1840 Dresden)
A Bohemian landscape with a cross in a field, and mountains beyond
graphite, pen and gray ink, watercolor, on wove paper
5 1⁄16 x 8 1⁄8 in. (12.8 x 20.5 cm)
estimate
$150,000 - $250,000

Lot 56
JACQUES BARRABAND (Aubusson 1768-1809 Lyon)
A glossy black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor
22 5⁄8 x 16 1⁄2 in. (57.5 x 42 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$52,500
Lot 57
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY
Four trompe-l’œils of prints attached on panels
graphite, watercolor, collage on paper, mounted on canvas
18 x 24 in. (46 x 61.5 cm) each
(4)
estimate
$8,000 - $10,000

price realized
$8,125
Lot 58
MARCELLUS LAROON THE YOUNGER (London 1679-1722 Oxford)
An execution of deserters in Flanders
graphite, pen and black and brown ink, fragmentary watermark
7 5⁄8 x 11 in. (19.37 x 27.94 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$4,000
Lot 59
RICHARD COSWAY, R.A. (Tiverton 1742-1821 London)
Portrait of a veiled lady, probably Maria Cosway, three-quarter length,...
graphite, heightend with touches of red chalk and watercolor
8 x 6 1⁄8 in. (20.8 x 15.7 cm)
estimate
$1,200 - $1,800

price realized
$5,250
Lot 60
JOHN CONSTABLE, R.A. (East Bergholt 1776-1837 London)
A young woman reading at a window
graphite, fragmentary watermark
8 1⁄2 x 6 3⁄4 in. (22.5 x 17.5 cm)
estimate
$8,000 - $12,000

price realized
$37,500
Lot 62
JEAN-DÉMOSTHÈNE DUGOURC (Versailles 1749-1825 Paris)
A matador delivering the coup de grâce at a bullfight, a large crowd looking on
pen and black ink, watercolor
7 1⁄2 x 10 3⁄4 in. (19.2 x 27 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$15,000
Lot 63
JEANNE-LOUISE VALLAIN, CALLED NANINE VALLAIN (1767-1815 Paris)
Portrait of a seated woman with a basket of vegetables
black chalk, watercolor and bodycolor, heightened with white
15 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄8 in. (39.4 x 31 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$30,000
Lot 64
NICOLAS-ANDRÉ MONSIAU (Paris 1754-1837)
Presumed portrait of the actor Théodore Michelot
graphite on wove paper
5 6⁄8 x 4 3⁄8 in. (14.3 x 11 cm)
estimate

This lot was withdrawn from the sale

Lot 65
LEONARD SCHMITZ (1779-1848)
An album of 645 portraits of members of the British, German, Russian and Dutch...
graphite, gray wash and watercolor
leporello - format album - 37 pages, 9 5⁄8 x 5 5⁄8 in. (24.5 x 14.2 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$8,750
Lot 66
FRANÇOIS-PASCAL-SIMON GÉRARD, CALLED BARON GÉRARD (Rome 1770-1837 Paris)
Achilles swearing revenge beside the bier of Patroclus (recto);...
black chalk, brush and brown wash, gray wash, squared for transfer in black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso), watermark ‘Van der Ley’ and figure of a child standing on a globe with ‘VDL’
10 1⁄2 x 14 3⁄4 in. (26.5 x 37.5 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 67
GIROLAMO SICIOLANTE DA SERMONETA (Sermoneta 1521-1575 Rome)
Saint Luke seated
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white, watermark crossbow in a circle
8 1⁄4 x 5 3⁄4 in. (21 x 14.9 cm)
estimate
$7,000 - $10,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 68
FRANÇOIS BOUCHOT (Paris 1800-1842)
Studies of a man in profile and other figures
black chalk, stumping
13 7⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (35 x 25.8 cm)
estimate
$1,000 - $1,500

price realized
$8,125
Lot 69
WILLIAM JAMES MÜLLER (Bristol 1812-1845)
Old lobster pots by a coastal track
pencil, watercolor and bodycolor heightened with gum arabic
7 3⁄4 x 12 7⁄8 in. (19.8 x 32.7 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

Lot 70
HENRI-JOSEPH HARPIGNIES (Valenciennes 1819-1916 Saint-Privé)
Landscape with hunter, a boy and a dog
watercolor
6 1⁄8 x 9 3⁄8 in. (15.5 x 23.8 cm)
estimate
$3,000 - $4,000

price realized
$10,000
Lot 71
FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGÈNE DELACROIX (Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris)
View in the Pyrenees
graphite, watercolor
6 3⁄4 x 9 7⁄8 in. (17 x 25 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$13,750
Lot 72
FERDINAND-VICTOR-EUGÈNE DELACROIX (Saint-Maurice 1798-1863 Paris)
Studies for the Justice of Trajan
graphite and brush and brown ink, on wove paper
7 3⁄4 x 12 1⁄8 in. (9.5 x 30.5 cm)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

price realized
$21,250
Lot 73
CARL HAAG (Erlangen 1820-1915 Oberwesel)
Happiness in the desert
graphite, watercolor and bodycolor on wove paper
10 x 20 in. (25.5 x 51 cm)
estimate
$10,000 - $15,000

price realized
$12,500
Lot 74
CARL HAAG (Erlangen 1820-1915 Oberwesel)
The artist’s studio in Cairo (recto); Architectural sketches of the...
graphite, watercolor and bodycolor (recto); graphite (verso)
19 1⁄2 x 13 1⁄2 in. (49.5 x 34 cm)
estimate
$15,000 - $25,000

Lot 75
WALTER GAY (Hingham 1856-1937 Paris)
A sketchbook with studies of birds, etc.
graphite, pen and brown ink
thirty-three pages, 8 x 6 1⁄5 in. (20 x 16 cm)
estimate
$4,000 - $6,000

price realized
$6,250
Lot 76
GIOVANNI BOLDINI (Ferrara 1842-1931 Paris)
Head of a woman wearing a hat
black chalk on silk mounted on card
6 7⁄8 x 8 5⁄8 in. (17.5 x 22 cm)
estimate
$2,000 - $3,000

price realized
$7,500
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