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Anthonie Palamedes’s paintings for the Delft Surgeons’ Guildhall
02/2021 | 1415 | 163
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1. Portrait of a group of surgeons supervising the amputation of a leg, by Anthonie Palamedes. c.1658. Oil on panel, 95 by 65 cm. (Photograph RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague).
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10. Title page of J. Veslingius: Konstige ontleding des menschelijken lichaems, Amsterdam 1661. (National Museum Boerhaave, Leiden).
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11. Deceased conjoined twins, by Anthonie Palamedes. 1669. Oil on canvas. (Anatomical Museum, Leiden University Medical Center).
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12. Two dead foetuses, by Anthonie Palamedes. 1658. Oil on canvas. (Anatomical Museum, Leiden University Medical Center).
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13. Deathbed portrait of conjoined twins, by Evert van der Maes. c.1628. Oil on canvas, 54 by 65.5 cm. (Haags Historisch Museum, The Hague).
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2. Portrait of a group of surgeons supervising a trepanation, by Anthonie Palamedes. c.1658. Oil on panel, 95 by 65 cm. (Photograph RKD, Netherlands Institute for Art History, The Hague).
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3. Detail of Caring for the sick, by Domenico di Bartolo, showing a man being washed before an operation. 1440. Fresco, height approx. 450 cm. (Pellegrinaio, Spedale di S. Maria della Scala, Siena; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Frontispiece of Franciscus Arcaeus: De recta curandorum vulnerum atque febrium ratione tractatus brevis & succinctus, Amsterdam 1658. (Leiden University, Special Collections).
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5. Serratura, by Hans Wechtlin, from H. von Gersdorf: Feldbuch der Wundartznei, Strasbourg 1528. Woodcut, 30 by 20 cm.
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6. Amputation scene. After a design for the frontispiece of P. Barbette: Opera chirurgico-anatomica, ad circularem sanguinis motum, aliaque recentiorum inventa, accommodata, Leiden 1672.
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7. Amputation scene, from W. Hildanus: De Gangraena et Sphacelo, Tractatus Methodicus, 1617.
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8. Acts of medicine and surgery including the amputation of a leg below the knee, by Jost Amman. c.1565. Woodcut. (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda MD).
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9. The physician as God, from a series of four engravings, Allegories of the medical profession, by the workshop of Hendrick Goltzius. c.1587. Engraving, 17.8 by 22.8 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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Still Life: Vase with Twelve Sunflowers, by Vincent van Gogh. January 1889. 92 by 72.5 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
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[Achim Moeller fine Art. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Edgar Degas: Three Nude Dancers 'en arabesque', c.1905-12. Signed. Pastel, 44.5 × 84.5 cm.
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[Agnew's, 43 Old Bond Street, London. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre: Triton and naiad [? Nereid]. Black and White Chalks on Blue Paper. 24.2 by 40.7 cm.
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[Arno Winterberg, D-69115 Heidelberg, Hildastr. 12, Germany] Attributed to Pietro Liberi, Female Prisoner in the Presence of the Roman Emperor. Pen and Ink with Wash in Brown. 23.2 by 29.8 cm.
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[Arno Winterberg, D-69115 Heidelberg, Hildastr. 12, Germany] Otto Mueller, Standing and Sitting Girl on the Shore. Lithograph 1921/22. Karsch 143, a (of b). Signed. Printed on Japanese Laid Paper. 38.8 by 28.7 cm.
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[Arno Winterberg, D-69115 Heidelberg, Hildastr. 12, Germany] Rembrandt, Landscape with a Cow Drinking. Etching, c. 1650. Bartsch 237. Nowell-Usticke 237, III (of VI). 10.5 by 13 cm.
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[Charles Ratton & Guy Ladriere, 14, rue de Marignan and 11, quai Voltaire, Paris, France] Niccolo Frangipane (1555-1600) A Lute Player Oil on Canvas, 72 × 54.5 cm.
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[Colnaghi, 15 Old Bond Street, London, UK. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Anthony Van Dyck: Portrait of Sir Arthur Hopton. Canvas, 59 by 47.5 cm.
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[Colnaghi, 15 Old Bond Street, London, UK] Sir Anthony Van Dyck Antwerp 1599 - London 1641 Portrait of Sir Anthony Hopton Oil on Oval Canvas: 59 × 47.5 cm
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[David Koetser Gallery, Zurich. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Jan Brueghel the Younger: Horsemen and Waggons on a Country Road. Copper 7 by 9.3 cm.
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[De Jonkheere, Paris. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Herri Met de Bles (1501-After 1555): Landscape with the Flight into Egypt. Signed. Panel, 44 by 74.3 cm.
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[Dover Street Art Gallery, 13 Dover Street, London, UK] Egon Schiele Male Nude (Self Portrait) I, 1912 Brush and Ink Lithograph in One Colour on Yellow Velin, 44.8 × 40 cm. Signed and Dated Lower Right.
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[Flavia Ormond Fine Arts, 24 Brechin Place, London, UK. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo: Centaur on Its Back Teasing a Faun, c.1775. Pen and Brown Ink with Grey Wash over Black Chalk. 19.6 × 27.5 cm. Signed in Brown Ink at Bottom Left.
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[Galerie Antoine Laurentin. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] François-Marie Granet: Nun Holding a Book (Allegory of Time) with a View of the Pavillon de Flore. Signed and Dated 1844. 22.5 × 15 cm.
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[Hall & Knight Ltd., 15 Duke Street, London, UK. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Peter Paul Rubens: Portrait of Isabella of Bourbon. Oak panel, 63.6 by 49.1 cm
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[Hall & Knight Ltd., 15 Duke Street, London, UK. Exh. TEFAF Maastright] Carlo Saraceni (1579-Venice-1620) Madonna and Child with Saint Ann and an Angel Oil on Copper, 11½ × 14¼ Inches (29.1 × 36 cm)
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[Hamptons International, Baverstock House, 93 High Street, Godalming, UK] Provencal Farm by Henry Herbert La Thangue. Signed. Oil on Canvas, 34 × 29½ in. (86.4 × 74.9 cm). Estimate: £25,000 - £40,000
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[Hamptons International, Baverstock House, 93 High Street, Godalming, UK] Under the Western Sun by Henry Scott Tuke, R. A. RWS. Signed and Dated 1918. Oil on Canvas, 59½ × 44 in. (151.2 × 112.4 cm). Estimate: £40,000 - £60,000
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[Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc. 154 East 71st Street, New York. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Aelbert Cuyp: A Guard House along a River with Dordrecht in the Distance. Signed. Panel, 36.8 by 52.8 cm.
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[Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc. 154 East 71st Street, New York. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Herman van der Mijn: Death of Sophonisba. Signed and Dated 1726. Panel, 84 by 67 cm.
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[Jack Kilgore & Co., Inc. 154 East 71st Street, New York] Joachim Beuckelaer circa 1530/33 - Antwerp - 1573/74 Christ Carrying the Cross Signed with Monogram & Dated 'JB 1562' Oil on Canvas, 38 by 31 Inches (96.5 by 78.7 cm.)
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[Johnny van Haeften, London. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Dirck van Delen: A Church Interior with Elegant Figures. Signed and Dated 1629. Copper, 24.5 by 34 cm.
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[Kate de Rothschild, Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Pietro Testa: The Worship of the Cross. Pen and Brown Ink over Black Chalk. 37.4 × 24.3 cm.
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[Kate de Rothschild, Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Study of Santa Rosalia of Palermo by Ciro Ferri (1634-1689). Black Chalk, 204 × 185 cm.
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[Noortman, London and Maastricht. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Pieter de Hooch: A Gentleman Reading a Letter to a Lady in an Interior. Signed. Canvas, 79 by 70 cm.
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[Otto Naumann, New York, New York. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Cornelis de Man: A Gold Weigher, a Woman Seated at a Table and a Boy Preparing a Fire in an Interior. Canvas, 81.6 by 67.6 cm.
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[Paul Proute S. A., 74, rue de Seine, 75006, Paris, France] Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (Montauban 1780 - Paris 1867). Pyrrhus and Glaucias. Pen and Ink with Grey Wash Touched with Black Chalk and Pen and Brown Ink. Signed in Brown Ink at Lower Right. 240 × 365 mm
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[Paul Proute, Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Guercino: St Anthony Tempted by Two Demons. Pen and Brown Ink with Brown Wash. 21.1 × 26.9 cm.
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[Piero Corsini, New York. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Giovannni Battista Salvi, il Sassoferrato: St Cecilia. Canvas, 97 by 74 cm.
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[Rafael Valls Limited, 11 Duke Street and 6 Ryder Street, London, UK] Adriaen Cornelisz van Salm (1657-1720) Dutch School A Fleet of 'Bootschepen' Escorted by Dutch Men of War, One Being the Frigate 'T Wapen van Schiedam' Oil on Panel (Grisaille). 29 × 42½ Inches (74 × 108 cms). Indistinctly Signed
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[Rafael Valls Limited, 11 Duke Street and 6 Ryder Street, London, UK] Domenico Brandi - (1683-1736) Italian School Six Guinea Pigs Feeding with a Chicken and a Cockerel in the Background Oil on Canvas. 19 × $31frac{1}{8}$ Inches (48.3 × 79 cms) Signed, Inscribed and Dated 1732
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[Rafael Valls Limited, 11 Duke Street and 6 Ryder Street, London, UK] Jan Siberechts (1627-1703) Flemish School An Extensive English Country Landscape Oil on Canvas. 26 × 28 7/8 Inches (66.6 × 73.2 cms) Signed and Dated 1684
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[Rafael Valls Limited, 11 Duke Street and 6 Ryder Street, London, UK] Simon Kick - (1603-1652) Dutch School A Portrait of a Young Man Wearing a Wide Brimmed Felt hat Oil on Copper. 8 × 6½ Inches (20.5 × 16.5 cms)
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[Richard Green, 39 Dover Street, London, UK. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Jan Miense Molenaer: A Tavern Interior (the 'fat kitchen'). Signed and Dated 1637. Canvas, 81.4 by 102.5 cm.
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[Richard L. Feign & Company, 49 East 68th Street, New york, New York] Anne-Louis Girodet-Trioson The Sermon of the Seven Chiefs before Thebes, Circa 1820 Black and White Chalk, 41 by 61 cm.
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[Simon C. Dickinson Ltd., 58 Jermyn Street, London, UK] Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680) An Allegory of Education Oil on Canvas; 72 × 54 Inches, 183.5 × 140 cm
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[Sotheby's, 34-35 New Bond Street, London, UK] Visionary Heads by Blake, including Shakespeare's wife, Xanthippe, Pisistratus, Tom Nixon the idiot, Bothwell, Mary Queen of Scots, Ossian, Robert Bruce, Owen Glendower, Colonel Blood, Vortigern and many others. Eighty nine leaves with forty drawings by William Blake, seventeen by Varley. Estimate: £200,000-300,000
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[Stanza Del Borgo, Via Turati 7, Milano, Italy] Lorenzo de Ferrari (Genua 1680-1744), A Flying Angel. Black Chalk on Blue Paper, Squared. 528 by 393 mm.
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[Talabardon & Gautier, 44, Rue Sainte-Anne, 7002, Paris, France. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Adam Elsheimer: Study of a Young Man. (Verso: Fragementary Study of a ?St Peter and a Turbaned Man) Pen and Brown Ink with Grey Wash, 11.3 × 6.5 cm.
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[Talabardon & Gautier, 44, Rue Sainte-Anne, 7002, Paris, France] Joseph Werner (1639 - 1710) Gouache on Parchment. 11.8 × 9.5 cm. The Bath of Diana Signed and Dated 1668
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[Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd. Exh. Salon Du Dessin, Salons Hoche, Paris, France] Philips Koninck: The Anointing of a Queen. Signed and Dated 1664. Pen and Brown Ink with Wash. 36 × 20 cm.
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[Thomas Williams Fine Art Ltd., 10 Dalmeny Court, 8 Duke Street, London, UK] Ercole Lelli Bologna 1702 - 1766 Bologna. Head of a Man Red Chalk Heightened with White Inscribed in Gabburri's Hand: Originale / Di Ercole Lelli Pictor Bolognese / no. 1. (Verso) 376 × 270 mm; $14frac{3}{4}$ × 10½ in.
Non-western art unattributed:
[Vanderven & Vanderven, 's-Hertogenbosch. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Head of a Bodhisattva. Chinese, Song Dynasty Stone, ht 38.5 cm.
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Console Table by Sébastien Youf. Paris, Signed and Dated 1830. Mahogany and Ormolu, 97 by 151 by 54 cm.
Western art unattributed:
[Buch- und Grafikantiquariat Falk + Falk Auktionen, Friedrich Falk Kirchgasse 28, CH-8001, Zurich, Switzerland] Napoleonica: The Library of Dr. Alfred Schaefer, Zürich Bibliophilia: Masterbindings by the Studio Stemmle, Zürich-Ascona and from the Wollisch Collection, Vienna Rare Books on Hunting, Fishing, Riding, Firearms and Natural History
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[Dr Jorn Gunther Antiquariat, Hamburg. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] The Seven Days of Creation, from a Biblia Latina. Paris, c.1240 Attributed to the Vie de Saint Denis Workshop
Western art unattributed:
[Heribert Tenschert, Switzerland. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] The Last Supper, an Extraordinary Miniature from a Franciscan Manuscript of the 'Meditationes Vitae Christi', Made in the Immediate Circle of Giotto di Bondone in Padua, Shortly after 1305. We Offer the Complete Manuscript Containing 27 Miniatures (3 Full Page), an Art Historical 'Find' par Excellence.
Western art unattributed:
[Heribert Tenschert, Switzerland. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Two Double Page Illustrations Consisting of Full-Page Miniatures and Corresponding Text, Both with Borders of Solid Gold with Drolleries, Fruits and Flowers. The Most Important Manuscript Made for the Bridgettine Abbey of Marienwater (Near 'S-Hertogenbosch), c. 1480. The Manuscript, Which Is in the Finest Possible State of Preservation, Has 15 Large and Small Miniatures and Retains Its Original Binding.
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[Le Louvre des Antiquaires, 2, Place du Palais Royal, 75001, Paris, France] The Divine Metamorphoses of Alexander by François Antonovich
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[Les Enluminures, Paris. Exh. TEFAF Maastrich.] Flight into Egypt (fol. 61), from a Book of Hours. Amiens, c.1480-90
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[Phillips International, 101 New Bond Street, London, UK] A 17th Century Florentine Pietra Dura Table Cabinet, 106cm Wide. With Similarities to a Cabinet in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Which Also Depicts Orpheus Surrounded by Animals. A George III Marquetry Commode, 144cm Wide. With Similarities to Commodes Illustrated and Discussed in "Catalogue of Commodes: The Lady Lever Art Gallery" by Lucy Wood.
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[ Artemis Group] Jean-Antoine Watteau 1684-1721. Heureux Age! Age d'or. Oil on Panel, 19.3 × 22.8 cm. Acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
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[ Athenaeum, Avenue de Grande bretagne 1/5, Les Floralies, Monte Carlo ] Alphonso Lombardi (Ferrara 1487 - Bologna 1537) Terracotta: 173 × 70 cm.
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[ Berko, Kustlaan 163, Knokke-le Zoute / 2 Place du Palais Royal, Paris ] A. Heyligers: Batavia 1828. "Dame au Vase fleuri", Panel, 30 × 24 cm Signed and Dated 1872 Lower Right.
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[ Black-Nadeau Ltd, 6-8 Old Bond Street, London ] Laurent Delvaux. Flemish, 1696-1778. Terracotta Model Executed in Rome Circa 1730 after Bernini's David and Preparatory to the Marble for the Duke of Bedford. On Original Oak Base, Carved by the Sculptor. Total Height 63.5 cm.
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[ Brand Inglis Ltd, 9 Halkin Arcade, Motcomb Street, London ] A Charles II Silver Tankard. Maker's Mark: RF between Pellets London, 1660. Height: 7 ins. Weight: 33 ozs 17 dwts
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[ Browse & Darby, 19 Cork Street, London ] W. R. Sickert. The Green Hat, 1906. Oil on Canvas 24 × 20 ins.
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[ C. G. Boerner, Kasernenstrasse 13, Düsseldorf ] Caspar David Friedrich. Selfportrait. Woodcut, Carved by His Brother Christian. (About 1803). Sumowski p. 138. Börsch-Supan/Jähnig 74. On Whatman-Paper.
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[ Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., 45 Pimlico Road, London ] Carlo Albacini (Rome d. 1807). Bust of Alexander the Great. Height 55.7 cm.
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[ Chaucer Fine Arts Inc., 45 Pimlico Road, London ] Nicolas-Andre Monsiau (Paris 1755-1837). Zeuxis Choosing His Models from the Most Beautiful Girls of Croton. Brown Ink, Brown and Grey Wash, Heightened with White, 400 × 504 mm.
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[ Christopher Gibbs, 118 New Bond Street, London ] A superb early 18th century German pierglass, the original plate enclosed by a frame of mirrorglass elaborately engraved with strapwork and masks, battle scenes and trophies, by Hans Wolfgang Schmidt of Nuremburg, surmounted by an elaborate cartouche engraved with the arms of Merode and Orange Nassau, within a collar of the Golden Fleece. 11′ × 5′1″ (335 × 155 cm)
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[ Colnaghi, 14 Old Bond Street, London ] Bernardo Cavallino 1616-1656. St John the Evangelist 50½ × 40 ins. (128 × 101.5 cms.)
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[ cover page ] Detail from Skeletons in an Interior with a Stove, by James Ensor. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
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[ David M. Koetser Gallery, Talstrasse, Zurich ] Matthias Stomer. "St. Onuphrius" 128 × 175 cm
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[ Douwes Fine Art, 38 Duke Street, St James's, London ] Adriaen van Eemont (1627-Dordrecht-1662). Wayside Inn in Italian Landscape. Oil on Canvas: 57 × 70 ins 129 × 178 cm
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[ Galerie de La Scala, 68 rue La Boetie, Paris ] Lagrenee Louis-Jean-François, the Elder "Venus and Love" (1725-1805)
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[ Gallery P. de Boer, Herengracht 512, Amsterdam ] Simone Kick. Panel, 122 × 122 cm.
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[ Garrard, 112 Regent Street, London ] A Gold and Enamel, Swiss Box, Length 2¾ Inches, Date circa 1780. Enamel Miniatures, on Gold, of Miss Harriet Eliza Garrard and Sebastian Garrard by John Simpson 1851/2. Holbeinesque Enamel and Gold Suite Set with Emeralds, Diamonds, Rose Diamonds and Pearls, Date Circa 1850. Holbeinesque Enamel and Gold Pendant Set with Diamonds, Rubies and Opals Date Circa 1870. A Gold and Enamel Swiss Box, Length 3 Inches, Date Circa 1825. A Gold and Enamel Box by Bautte & Moynier, Geneva. Length $3frac{1}{8}$ Inches, Date Circa 1810. A Verge Automaton Quarter Repeating Pocket Watch in 18ct Gold and Enamel by Menard de Mons. Diameter 2¼ Inches, Date Circa 1820.
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[ Heim, 59 Jermyn Street, St James's, London ] Still-Life with Game in a Landscape by Jean-Baptiste Oudry (Paris 1686-Beauvais 1755) Oil on Canvas: 213.5 × 161.5 cm
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[ J.P.L. Fine Arts, 24 Davies Street, London ] Camille Pissarro (1830-1903). La Cueillette des Pommes, Eragny. c. 1888. Watercolour and Gouache 47 × 59 cm. Signed. PV.1423
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[ Johnny Van Haeften, 13 Duke Street, St James's, London ] Adriaen Hanneman (c.1601 - The Hague - 1671). On Panel. 109 × 36.5 cm. Portrait of a Lady. Signed and Dated 1625, and Inscribed with the Age of the Sitter "21"
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[ Julius Böhler, Pacellistrasse 8/11, Munich ] The Madonna in Clouds Revered by Four Saints. By Corrado Giaquinto. Molfetta-Bari 1703-Naples 1765). Canvas, 48 × 23.5 cm.
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[ Leger Galleries Ltd., 13 Old Bond Street, London ] The Blair Conversation Piece, Painted at Cawnpore, India, 1786. Oil Painting on Canvas. Size: 38 × 54 Inches
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[ Marlborough Fine Art Ltd, 6 Albemarle Street, London ] Henry Moore. Reclining Figure '80 No. 1, 1980, Bronze, Length with Base 94 cm., Edition of Nine.
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[ Matthiesen, Mason's Yard Duke Street, St James's, London ] Pietro Berrettini da Cortona. Cortona 1596 - Rome 1669. Landscape with a Lake and Distant Town Canvas 62.3 × 77.7 cms
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[ Mia N. Weiner, 36 East 64th Street, New York ] Lattanzio Gambara (Brescia, Ca. 1530-1573/4) Allegory of Justice, Study for the Ceiling of the Palazzo LaLatta, Parma; Verso: An Ornamental Object. Black Chalk, Pen and Brown Ink and Wash with White Gouache Highlights on Blue Paper: 12 × 7⅞″.
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[ Noortman Ltd, 8 Bury Street, St James's, London ] Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678. The Road to Calvary. Canvas, 239 × 174.5 cm
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[ Richard L. Feigen & Company, 900 Park Avenue, New York ] Januarius Zick, 'St. Jerome,' Oil on Canvas, 47.9 by 34.1 cm.
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[ Ronald A. Lee, 1-9 Bruton Place, London ] This magnificent firearm is entirely covered in inlaid horn and profusely decorated with engraved ivory scenes. Last quarter of the 16th century. The engraved and gilded lockplate bearing the guildmark of Strasbourg with maker's mark E. G. with bird below; This mark referring to Elias Gessler (New Stockel 7471). Most of the scenes are taken directly from engravings by Virgil Solis. The lemon-shaped ivory butt is secured by a silver gilt butt cap and is finely engraved with 8 various figures, including Bacchus, Mars, Apollo, Minerva and Ceres; the group is surmounted by the Arms of Italia, Francia, Germania and Hispania. The reverse side of the lockplate depicts the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe; the underside includes the bagpiper taken from a 1514 engraving by Albrecht Dürer; these panels are supported by other small panels of interest; the gilded barrel bearing the engraved figure of St. George and the Dragon with decorated and engraved strapwork; the gilded lockplate includes a rabbit and a squirrel. The mechanism is of the typical wheel-lock design of the period. Length of gun: 81 cms (35 inches).
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[ Sabin Galleries, Campden Lodge, 82 Campden Hill Road, Kensington, London ] John Opie R. A. Signed and Dated 1788 Verso. Lady Ann Fox. Canvas 30 × 25 Inches
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[ Sotheby's, 34-5 New Bond Street, London ] Francesco Guardi, A Capriccio View of the Lagoon, 47.5 by 53.5 cm.
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[ Sotheby's, 34-5 New Bond Street, London ] Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, Called Il Guercino, The Penitent Magdalen, 232 by 179 cm.
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[ Sotheby's, 34-5 New Bond Street, London ] Jan Wynants, A Dune Landscape with Travellers on a Well-Worn Path, Signed, Oil on Canvas, 30.5 by 36.5 cm.
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[ Sotheby's, 34-5 New Bond Street, London ] John Frederick Herring Snr., Birmingham: A Bay Racehorse with P. Conolly Up Wearing Pink Silks and Cap, His Owner Mr. Beardsworth to the Left, Signed, Oil on Canvas, 34 by 46 cm.
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[ Wartski, 14 Grafton Street, London ] Diamonds, English c.1750. Gold Mounted Agate, English c. 1740, Carved Carnelian by Faberge.
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[ William Drummond, Covent Garden Gallery Ltd, 20 Russell Street, London ] Michael 'Angelo' Rooker 1743-1801 Watercolour 14¾ by 20⅞ ins. Signed and Dated. Westminster Hall, the North Front, Palace Yard
Non-western art unattributed:
[ Entwistle, Seventy South Audley Street, London ] This serene and dignified royal portrait from Benin in Nigeria is one of the finest of a handful of bronze heads cast in the fifteenth century as memorials to deceased kings or obas. Terracotta heads of the same subject are equally rare. Exceptionally this sixteenth century example shares the expressive qualities of its bronze predecessor.
Non-western art unattributed:
[ John Sparks, 128 Mount Street, London ] A Pair of Chinese Porcelain Figures of Hawks on Rock-Work Bases, Richly Decorated in 'Famille Rose' Enamels. Ch'ien Lung Period 1736-1795 A. D. 20½″ High
Non-western art unattributed:
[ Rabi Gallery, 94 Mount Street, London ] Rare 19c. Bidjar
Non-western art unattributed:
[ Spink & Son Ltd, King Street, St James's, London ] A Terracotta Head. Gupta, Kausambi, 5th Century. Height: 8 Inches.
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[ Antony Embden, 15 Quai Voltaire, Paris ] A Fine 16th Century Red Wax Model of a Bearded Man. (Possibly Neptune) Dated 1547 & Monogrammed MB - Roma Height: 23 cm
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[ Antony Embden, 15 Quai Voltaire, Paris ] An Exceptional 16th Century Small French Walnut "armoire à deux corps". Painted in Sepia Monochrome & Gilding. (Formerly Chateau Ancy-le-Franc) Height. 160 cm - Depth - 048 cm - Width - 126 cm.
Western art unattributed:
[ Apollo Gallery, Bundenweg 7, Frankfurt ] Tetrarch, Roman, c.295-305, Marble. Height 35 cm. Sold to J Paul Getty Museum
Western art unattributed:
[ Mallett, 2 Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London ] A Rare Portrait Head of Alexander the Great in Huranic Basalt. Círca 330 B. C. Height: 11 Inches (28 cms.)