GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Dessins & peintures XIX e s. – Tekeningen & schilderijen 19de eeuw
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LEYS, Henri - 5 drawings and 8 prints.
Stuck under passe-partout with attribution to Leys.
200 / 250 €
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After Philip Jacob II LOUTERBOURG - Two men on horseback
crossing a river. 1800-1813.
Drawing, pen and black ink, brown and white wash, 20,2 x 30 cm, unsigned.
Both drawing and etching under passe-partout, under wooden gilt frame (worn).
Not studied outside frame.
150 / 200 €
Drawings (attributed to Leys) : 1. Interior of a house. Graphite pencil with light
grey wash, 21,5 x 12,5 cm, unsigned (soiled).— 2. Royal discussion [Louis XVIII
and Marie-Joséphine?]. Brown pen and wash, 10 x 14 cm, unsigned (tears,
foxing, browned paper, totally glued onto vellum paper).— 3-5. Sketches
of people gathering, graphite pencil, c. 10 x 10 cm, unsigned (one glued on
paper).— Prints (historical scenes mostly): Ref. Delteil 9 (2 copies: 2/5 and 5/5
state),- D. 10 (5/5 state; worn, frayed edges with lacking in bottom, folds),- D.
11 (2/3 state),- D. 12 (no state),- D. 13 (3/3 state),- D. 15 (no state, illegible stamp
lower right),- D. 16 (2/2 state, browned sheet).
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LIES, Joseph - 3 sheets recto verso, with 5 watercolours and 1
drawing. C. 1858.
13 x 19 cm, laid paper, unsigned, with ms. notes relating to colours, etc. Stuck by
edges and attributed to Lies on passe-partout.
150 / 200 €
Stylish and atmospherical interpretation of the original etching by Matthias
Pfenninger, after Philip Jacob II Louterbourg. Since the drawing approaches the
shadows and clair-obscur effects which we see in other drawings attributed to
Loutherbourg, this may also be the original drawing on which the printmaker
based himself for the etching. The etching, from the series «Première suite
d’animaux» (12 pl.) is also included in the frame.
385
MADOU, Jean-Baptiste - Scène de genre fort animée dans une
auberge, XVIIIe s. S.d.
Dessin, fusain et craie blanche, 22,5 x 36 cm, papier vélin, monogrammé MD en
bas à dr. Retenu par le bord sup. sous passe-partout.
250 / 450 €
Two of these watercolours are preparatory works for «Les maux de la guerre»
[The evils of war] (oil on wood, 87,5x 150 cm; Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de
Belgique, inv. 2666): the red-haired rider turning to left (right side of the painting)
and the soldier guiding the oxen (left side). The other subjects are: man on the
porch of his house, architecture studies, historic scene with a man standing in
front of another one sitting from behind. Studies of faces in graphite pencil, on
the verso of 1 sheet. The Belgian Romantic painter, draughtsman and engraver
Lies (Antwerp 1821-1865) worked in a wide range of genres including history
painting, landscapes, genre scenes, portraits, etc., and enjoyed a Europeanwide
reputation during his lifetime.
Joined, same artist: Young woman seated. Drawing, black stone, 22,5 x 14,5
cm, vellum paper, unsigned. Stuck by upper edge under passe-partout. (4 sheets)
386
MADOU, Jean-Baptiste - Scène de genre, XVIe s. C. 1873.
Dessin, lavis d’encre noire avec qqs rehauts de sanguine, travail aux outils pour
les traits de blanc, 23 x 32 cm, non signé. Collé en plein sur support en papier,
listels dorés et aquarellés autour du sujet avec mention «Madou» sur le cartel. Sous
passe-partout.
250 / 450 €
Sur une terrasse ombragée, un patriarche est assis, canne en main. Il est entouré
de musiciens et d’un groupe d’hommes et de femmes. Un enfant à genoux prend
de l’eau à une fontaine. Dans le fond sur la gauche, aile d’un château.
Un des 14 dessins réalisés par Madou (1796-1877) pour l’étude de Henry Havard,
«Les quatre derniers siècles, étude artistique» (Haarlem, 1873) et qu’il introduit
ainsi : «ces quatorze compositions auront, aux yeux des gens de goût, un mérite
tout spécial. Elles sont le premier jet, la première inspiration du peintre, la
première impression qu’il ait ressentie de son sujet». Notre dessin présente un
état beaucoup plus abouti que celui reproduit, en n/b, dans l’ouvr., en face de la
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