GRABADOS ARENBERG 19.10.2019

36 [Dutch school]
Portait of a lady. 17th c.
Drawing, black and red chalk, 10,6 x 9,6 cm, laid paper with partial watermark,
unsigned. Glued on contemp. paper.
100 / 120 €
Dessins et peintures anciens – Oude tekeningen & schilderijen
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Intimate portrait of a hooded lady gazing at the beholder. With only a minimum
of drawing tools, the draughtsman added a vivid quality to this small portrait.
39 [Dutch school]
St Paul and Barnabas in Lystra. C. 1680-1750.
Drawing, pen and brown ink, brush and grey gouache, 33 x 39 cm, laid paper,
unsigned. Under passe-partout, under wooden gilt frame (not studied outside
frame).
200 / 300 €
37 [Dutch school]
Six small cartouches with people looking at the sky. 17th c.
Drawing, red chalk (sanguine), 17,3 x 20 cm, laid paper, unsigned.
200 / 220 €
(Detail)
Small oval drawings, numbered with Roman numerals from 1 to 6. They
probably represent monthly celestial constellations, intended as preparatory
designs for an atlas frontispiece or celestial map.
38 [Dutch school]
Sketches of wanderers and hurdy-gurdy player. C. 1600-1670.
Drawing, pen and black ink, grey wash, 15 x 16,8 cm, laid paper, later ms. note
«V. Goetz» (large dampstain at left side, min. foxing).
100 / 120 €
Intricate sheet with hurdy-gurdy player, a women and young girl. The latter two
figures are drawn with less detail. Wandering musicians and bohemians had
become a popular genre by the dawn of the seventeenth century, making an
appearance in the art of Callot, Nicolaes Maes, and Rembrandt.
Barnabas an Paul preaching in an antique city while cripple are being healed.
The Lystrians had mistaken them for Zeus and Hermes (Acts of Apostles 14:7-
17). The drawing had previously been attributed to the Dutch painter and
draughtsman Pieter Crijnse Volmarijn, but this attribution seem rather unlikely
given the difference in style. Accompanied by a certificate.
40 [Dutch school]
The three Marys at the Tomb. 17th c.
Drawing, pen and black ink, brush with red and brown gouache, heightened with
white, 19 x 28,4 cm, laid paper, unsigned (heavily creased at lower right corner,
sm. def. at upper right edge, sm. creases throughout, some min. dampstaining).
Stuck by upper corners under passe-partout.
350 / 400 €
The three Marys visiting the tomb of Jesus, carrying a jar of ointment (Mark
16:1). Two radiant angels await them. The well-balanced composition is
executed with great care and detail.
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