GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

Dessins & peintures XIX e s. – Tekeningen & schilderijen 19de eeuw
399
Attributed to TOULOUSE-LAUTREC, Henri de - Study of a
horse and a sitting caddy. 1879-1882.
Drawing, graphite pencil, 15, 8 x 25,5 cm, paper (no watermark), monogrammed
HTL. Stuck by corners under passe-partout.
4.000 / 5.000 €
A sketch of a carthorse with a horse collar and a seated horse driver with a hat
and whip. Horses were a favourite subject of the painter and he had drawn them
throughout his artistic career. The drawing is a well-executed sketch which
stylistically relates to the period between 1879 and 1882, prior to Toulouse-
Lautrec’s move to Paris. In particular the rendering of shades and hatching
in the neck and legs of the horse are strikingly similar to drawings made by
Toulouse Lautrec around 1880, such as a drawing in the British Museum (inv.
1924,0617.36), representing a similar carthorse. Other contemporary horse
studies (D.I.635 and D.I.373) are also comparable in their rendering of hooves,
linear contours and the idiosyncratic hatching. In addition, the rendering of
seated figure on the right side of the sheet, drafted with a few angular lines,
shows similarities to figure sketches made by Lautrec around the same period
(e.g. D.2.742). A detailed analysis and condition report is available on request.
Ref. M.G. Dortu, «Toulouse-Lautrec et son oeuvre», New York 1972, vols. 4-6.
400
Undergrowth with river and rider. 19th c.
Drawing, grey wash enhanced with bistre line drawing with pen, 23,2 x 32,8 cm
(visible part), wove paper, pencil signature (attribution? possession mark?) lower
right «C. Lieste». Passe-partout and wooden frame (not studied outside frame).
150 / 250 €
402
Venus and putti. 19th c.
Drawing, pencil and chalk, 42,5 x 31,6 cm, laid paper, unsigned (signature on
lower right corner possible scraped out, sm. def. on left arm). Mounted on mod.
cardb. support.
200 / 300 €
401
Attributed to VAN SEBEN, Henri - The «Binnenhoff» in The
Hague, Netherlands. 1862.
Watercolour with light graphite line drawing beneath, 33,4 x 49,8 cm, vellum
paper, ms. note upper left in the sky, monogrammed [JG S.?] lower right, framed
with graphite pencil (small folds on corners, some small soils, some small marg.
tears). Stuck by upper boards under passe-partout.
200 / 350 €
Artist’s view of an 18th-century setting. Interesting sheet probably (?) made by
two hands, one made with watercolour for the architectural section, the other
made with black ink pen for the characters in the foreground. On the upper left
side is an handwritten note «Schets van een tekening voor Prins Wiaezemski,
July 1862» [Sketch of a drawing for Prince Wiazemsky]. On verso, sketch of the
monument. Attributed to van Seben (Brussels 1825-1913) on the passe-partout.
Prov. Prince [Piotr ?] Wiazemsky (Russian family). - Albert Van Loock (1917-
2011), bookseller and print merchant in Brussels (Lugt 3751 & 3752 on verso).
A female nude, possibly Venus, gazes seductively at the viewer. In the
background are three cupids or putti playing. The drawing style recalls the
fragility and sensual elusiveness of the French Rococo.
403
VERBOECKHOVEN, Eugène - Boeufs à longues cornes couchés
près d’une charette à deux roues. Rome, [1841-1842 ?].
Dessin, mine de graphite, 29,5 x 46 cm, papier vélin brun, monogrammé «E.V.
/ Rome» en bas à g. et «n° 37» à la plume d’encre noire en bas à dr., cachet
«Succession Verboeckoven» en bas à g. (qqs points de rouss.). Collé par les coins
sur f. de papier (coin inf. g. collé avec plis).
200 / 300 €
En 1841-1842, Verboeckhoven (Warneton 1798-1881 Schaerbeek) entreprit,
via la France et la Suisse, un voyage en Italie où la «campagna romana» et les
troupeaux de bovins aux longues cornes le fascinèrent.
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