1
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A TREE
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription: Fluweelen breughel. f.
212 by 142 mm
PROVENANCE: Wellesley; Sir David Kelly; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1954
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 400 (as Jan Breughel I); Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 107 (as Jan Breughel I)
LITERATURE: A. E. Popham and K. Fenwick, European Drawings in the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Toronto, 1965, under no. 143
12,000 GBP
2
CARLO URBINO
Born Cremona, active 2nd half 16th Century
THE GLORIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN (RECTO AND VERSO)
Black chalk, pen and brown ink
216 by 163 mm
PROVENANCE: Padre Resta John, Lord Somers (L. 2981), the former's numbering 'I. 141'; J. Richardson Sen. (L. 2183); Earl Spencer (L. 1532); A. Donnadieu (L. 726); Acquired from Parsons, 1914
2,200 GBP
3
WILLEM VAN NIEULANDT II
Antwerp 1584 - 1635 Amsterdam
THE SEPTIZONIUM SEVERI, ROME
Pen and brown ink and watercolour, within brown ink framing lines
202 by 273 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from D. G. Thomson, March 1937
3,000 GBP
4
GIROLAMO MAZZOLA BEDOLI
Viadana circa 1505 - 1569 Parma
A LUNETTE WITH A PROPHET
Pen and brown ink and wash and black chalk, the figure squared
117 by 191 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Richeton, 1927
5,000 GBP
5
ITALO-FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
PART OF THE ARCH OF CONSTANTINE
Black chalk and brown wash
185 by 114 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 24 November 1919, part of lot 1
700 GBP
6
JACOPO CHIMENTI, CALLED JACOPO DA EMPOLI
Florence 1551 - 1640
A MAN, STANDING TO RIGHT
Red chalk
407 by 230 mm
PROVENANCE: Benno Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1920, part of lot 94
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 357
3,000 GBP
7
CARLO MARATTA
Camerano 1625 - 1713 Rome
CARICATURE HEADS
Red chalk
195 by 263 mm
PROVENANCE: I.A. Williams; Acquired in 1941, in exchange for a drawing by Artaud
3,500 GBP
8
BACCIO DEL BIANCO
Florence 1604 - 1657 Madrid
PUNCHINELLO AND A SLAVE
Pen and brown ink and wash, on the back of a lover's letter
140 by 145 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Calmann in 1954 by exchange
3,500 GBP
9
AGOSTINO TASSI
? 1565-Rome 1644
MUSICIANS
Pen and brown ink, irregular; inscribed: ingilese tedeschi agostino Tassi 10./
121 by 154 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364); W. Esdaile
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 452
LITERATURE: P. Ward-Jackson, Italian Drawings, 17th-18th Century, London, 1980, II, p. 86-87, under no. 811
9,000 GBP
10
ATTRIBUTED TO MAURO ANTONIO TESI
Montalbano, near Modena 1730 - 1766 Bologna
THE FAÇADE OF A TOWN HOUSE WITH STEMMA
Pen and brown ink
197 by 248 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Puttick, 1921
2,000 GBP
11
ROMAN SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
A MAN ON CRUTCHES
Black and white chalk, on blue paper, irregular
407 by 232 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 1 November 1920, lot 42
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Seventeenth Century, 1938, no. 384 (as Ludovico Carracci); London, Wildenstein Gallery, 17th Century Artists working in Rome, 1955, no. 22, reproduced; Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Mostra dei Carracci, 1963, no. 106; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 375; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 114
LITERATURE: D. Posner, Annibale Carracci, London 1971, p. 37
20,000 GBP
12
CLAUDE GELLÉE, CALLED CLAUDE LORRAIN
Chamagne, Lorraine 1604/5 - 1682 Rome
RECTO: LANDSCAPE IN THE CAMPAGNA; VERSO: A TREE
Brown wash, on pale-pink preparation (recto), black chalk (verso); with inscription 'C. Loranese'
165 by 265 mm
PROVENANCE: Earl Spencer (L. 1530); Holland-Hibbert; Lord Knutsford; sale, Sotheby's, 11 April 1935, lot 108
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Seventeenth Century, 1938, no. 529 (reproduced in the souvenir catalogue p. 106); London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no. 477; Amsterdam, Het Franse Landscap, 1951, no. 174; London, Arts Council, French Drawings from Fouquet to Gauguin, 1952, no. 28; London, Royal Academy, Drawings by Old Masters, 1953, no. 372; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 334; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 118; Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Beauty, Horror and Humility, 1981, no. 47
LITERATURE: M. Roethlisberger, Claude Lorrain, The Drawings, Berkeley 1968, p. 168, no. 353 (where dated circa 1640)
200,000 GBP
13
FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED IL GUERCINO
Cento 1591 - 1666 Bologna
CARICATURE: HEAD OF A PEASANT
Pen and brown ink and wash
291 by 210 mm
PROVENANCE: Casa Gennari; John Bouverie; Mr Henry; The Earls of Gainsborough; Christie's, 27 July 1922, part of lot 85; Acquired from Parsons in August 1922
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1953, no. 149; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 285; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works of Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 125; Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Il Guercino, Catalogo Critico dei Disegni, 1969, no. 234, reproduced; London, British Museum, Drawings from Guercino from British Collections, 1991, no. 209, reproduced
70,000 GBP
14
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIPP PETER ROOS, CALLED ROSA DA TIVOLI
Frankfurt 1657 - 1706 Rome
A BULLOCK, STANDING
Red chalk
260 by 396 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Bergamo, 1908
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 254
1,500 GBP
15
GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO
Venice 1696 - 1770 Madrid
A CAPRICCIO
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk
199 by 308 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Gilbert Lewis; Henry Duff Gordon; Gift of Lady Duff Gordon, 1836
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 350; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 143
LITERATURE: A.P Oppé, A Fresh Group of Tiepolo Drawings, Old Master Drawings, 1930, p. 29-32; J. Byam Shaw, The Drawings of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, London 1962, p. 80, under no. 44
40,000 GBP
16
GIOVANNI DOMENICO TIEPOLO
Venice 1727 - 1804
A SERVANT BEFORE A GROUP OF ORIENTALS
Pen and grey ink and wash
204 by 252 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Gilbert Lewis; Henry Duff Gordon; sale, Sotheby's, July 1937, lot 69
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 34; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 144
22,000 GBP
17
FOLLOWER OF GIOVANNI LANFRANCO
Parma 1582 - 1647 Rome
THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white
371 by 247mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Joshua Reynolds (L.2364); Dr. E. Peart (L.891)
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 377 ( as Giovanni Lanfranco)
600 GBP
18
LUCAS VAN VALCKENBORCH
Louvain c.1535 - 1597 Frankfurt
RECTO: A ROCKY LANDSCAPE WITH MINE-WORKINGS; VERSO: A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Pen and brown ink and wash (recto), pen and brown ink (verso), brown ink framing lines
287 by 429 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi, 1948
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1953, no. 269; London, Royal Academy, Flemish Art, 1953, no. 478; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 399; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 150
35,000 GBP
19
BALDASSARE FRANCESCHINI, CALLED IL VOLTERRANO
Volterra 1611 - 1689 Florence
FIGURE OF A BOY, HALF-LENGTH, CLIMBING A WALL
Red and white chalk, on light-brown paper
206 by 179 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 1910
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1953, no. 140 (as Domenichino); London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 388 (as Domenichino)
15,000 GBP
20
ATTRIBUTED TO GIROLAMO MUZIANO
Brescia 1532 - 1592 Rome
TREES AND A ROAD
Pen and brown ink
295 by 274 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson Sen. (L.2184); R. Johnson (L.2216)
4,000 GBP
21
MARCO MARCHETTI, CALLED MARCO DA FAENZA
Faenza 1528 - 1588
ORNAMENT FOR A WALL DECORATION
Pen and brown ink and wash; bears inscription: Dorato
272 by 142 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi, 1964
1,500 GBP
22
GIOVANNI BATTISTA NALDINI
Fiesole circa 1537 - 1591 Florence
TIVOLI
Pen and brown ink, lower corners made up
387 by 252 mm
50,000 GBP
23
NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
CHRIST BLESSING, AMONG THE DISCIPLES
Black chalk, brown wash heightened with white, on brown paper
330 by 280 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 30 November 1927, lot 44
3,000 GBP
24
CLAUDE-LOUIS CHÂTELET
Paris 1753 - 1794
THE HERMITAGE OF TROPAEA, CALABRIA
Pen and black ink and watercolour over pencil
222 by 348 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Robinson and Fisher, June 1926
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no. 382 London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 348
9,000 GBP
25
LUIS PARET Y ALCÁZAR
Madrid 1746 - 1799
THE PORT OF BILBAO, 1785
Pen and grey ink and wash; inscribed: La Ria de Bilbao por La Torre de Luchana con el Desierto de SS. Carmelitas Descazos / A D n Josef Patras por su Amigo Paret a 1785
311 by 455 mm
PROVENANCE: Bicknell; Acquired at Foster's, 9 March 1921
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 422
4,000 GBP
26
FILIPPO D'ANGELI OR DE LIAGNO, CALLED FILIPPO NAPOLETANO
Naples or Rome circa 1587 - 1629 Rome
A WATERMILL AND A BRIDGE
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk; bears Gabburi's inscription in pen and brown ink on an added strip of paper on the back of the mount: Originale/Di mano di Filippo Lauri Napoletano Il quadro a olio di questo Disegno/dipinto dal med. mo Autore si conserva in questo anno 1733 (or 1773 according to Roethlisberger) nella Villa da/Poggi a Caiano nel celebre Gabinetto di quadri piccolo dei piu celebri/Professori la di cui Collezino fu fatta gia della S.M del Ser:mo/Ferdinando Medici Fran Principe di Toscana, also bears number in pen and brown ink on the front of the mount, lower right corner: 3
300 by 243 mm
PROVENANCE: D.M Gabburi, his inscription attached to the mount; Acquired P. & D. Colnaghi, 1934 (£14)
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 411 (as Balthazar Lauri); Naples, Museo di Capodimonte and Museo Pignatelli, Civilià del Seicento a Napoli, 1958, II, no. 3.15, reproduced
LITERATURE: M. Roethlisberger, Around Filippo Napoletano, Master Drawings, 1975, XIII, p. 23-4, pl. 5 (the related painting reproduced fig. 1)
50,000 GBP
27
ROMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A STANDING YOUTH, HALF-LENGTH, WEARING A LARGE CLOAK
Black and white chalk on grey paper
162 by 175 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Rimell, 1914
3,500 GBP
28
MAURO ANTONIO TESI
Montalbano, near Modena 1730 - 1766 Bologna
HERALDIC ORNAMENT; RECTO: TWO SHIELDS SUPPORTED BY PUTTI; VERSO: A SIMILAR DESIGN
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk; inscribed: Tesi
205 by 141 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Colnaghi, 1949
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 447; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 139
2,000 GBP
29
ABRAHAM CASEMBROT
Bruges circa 1593 - 1658 Messina
SHIPS
Pen and brown ink and wash
100 by 130 mm
PROVENANCE: Z. Sagredo, with his number '127'; R. Lamponi (L.1760); L. Grassi (L. 1171b); Acquired in 1925
1,500 GBP
30
DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A SHIP
Pen and brown ink and wash
145 by 185 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Crook, 1925
1,800 GBP
31
ZACHARIAS BLIJHOOFT circa. 1625/35 - 1681 Middelburg
A ROCKY LANDSCAPE WITH TRAVELLERS
Black chalk and watercolour heightened with white, within brown ink framing lines; signed: Z. Blyhoft
142 by 187 mm
PROVENANCE: Mrs J. Richmond; Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi, 1933
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 408
4,000 GBP
32
CIRCLE OF GILLIS VAN CONINXLOO
Antwerp 1544 - 1607 Amsterdam
A LANDSCAPE WITH A HOUSE IN A WOOD
Pen and brown ink and brown and blue-grey wash; bears inscription: fouquiers
180 by 285 mm
PROVENANCE: The Llanover Album, assembled in the 18th Century, possibly Sir Anthony Westcombe (d. 1952) whose heir was his cousin Bernard Granville, bother of Mrs Delaney, whose grand-niece Mary Port married Benjamin Waddington, the purchaser of Llanover; By descent to Lord Treowen, Llanover sale, 26 June 1934, lot 997; Alfred Jowett, who acquired the album en bloc, and had the drawings extracted; Acquired from Calmann, 7 February 1946
5,000 GBP
33
ADRIAEN HENDRICKSZ. VERBOOM
Rotterdam circa 1628 - circa 1670 Amsterdam
A FOREST SCENE
Pen and brown ink and watercolour, within black ink framing lines; signed: AVBoom
157 by 195 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Mendeldsohn, 1919
12,000 GBP
34
ITALO-SPANISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1570
THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk, heightened with white (oxidized); bears inscription in an 18th Century hand, verso: Pablo de Cespedes
450 by 325 mm
PROVENANCE: T. Dimsdale(?); Sir Thomas Lawrence(?), correct stamp worked over in ink, TL in a circle
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1958, no. 493 (as Cespedes); London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 418 (as Cespedes); Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 115 (as Cespedes)
LITERATURE: J. Gere, A Drawing by Matteo Perez da Leccio, Master Drawings, 1973, II, p. 152, pl. 17 (as Roman School, ca. 1570- 80, possibly by Matteo Perez da Leccio); D. Angulo & A.E. Perez Sanchez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, 1400-1600, London, 1975, p. 38 (where attribution to Cespedes rejected)
8,000 GBP
35
JACOB VAN DER ULFT
Gorinchem 1627 - 1689 Noordwijk
A SHIP ON THE BEACH
Pen and brown ink and wash
185 by 255 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1927
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 258
2,000 GBP
36
AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Bologna 1557 - 1602 Parma
SHEET OF CARICATURE HEADS
Pen and brown ink, made up at left; signed and dated: Agostino Ca fec/26 8bre 1594, and bears inscription: Carracci
204 by 283 mm
PROVENANCE: Capt. E. G. Spencer-Churchill; sale, Sotheby's, 18 November 1919, lot 38
EXHIBITED: London, Wildenstein Gallery, Artists working in 17th Century Rome, 1955, no. 18; Bologna, Palazza dell'Archiginnasio, Mostra del Carracci, 1956, no. 78; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Hatton Gallery, The Carracci, Drawings and Paintings, 1961, no. 37
LITERATURE: C. McPhee and N. Orenstein, Infinite Jest, Metropolitan Museum exhib. cat. 2011, p. 32, fig. 12; R. Wittkower, The Drawings of The Carracci in the Collection of Her Majest the Queen at Windsor Castle, London 1952, p. 17, reproduced; A. Bertini, I Disegni Italiani della Biblioteca Reale di Torino, Rome 1958, under no. 83; Donald Posner, A. Carracci, A Study in the Reform of Italian Painting around 1590, London 1971, vol. I, fig. 56
20,000 GBP
37
CORNELIS PIETERSZ. BEGA
Haarlem 1631/2 - 1664
A STANDING GIRL, THE FEATURES BLANK
Black and white chalk, on blue paper, within brown ink framing lines
324 by 164 mm
PROVENANCE: H. S. Reitlinger; sale, Sotheby's, 22 June 1954, lot 613
9,000 GBP
38
ANNIBALE CARRACCI
Bologna 1560 - 1609 Rome
A LANDSCAPE WITH BATHERS
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription: Annibale belle / 1560-1600
201 by 282 mm
PROVENANCE: E. Jabach; Probably P. Crozat; P. J. Mariette (L. 1852); perhaps F. Basan, Paris, 15 November 1775 - 30 January 1776, probably part of lot 310; Comte Moriz von Fries (L. 2903); Acquired from Riche, 1919
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Seventeenth Century, 1938, no. 66; London, Wildenstein Gallery, Artist in 17th Century Rome, 1955, no. 25; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 373; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The Hatton Gallery, The Carracci, Drawings and Paintings, 1961, no. 94; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 113; Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Mostra dei Carracci, 1956, no. 236, pl. 111; Paris, Musee du Louvre, Le Cabinet d'un grand Amateur, P. J. Marette, 1967, no. 2
LITERATURE: T. Borenius, Drawings and Engravings by the Carracci, The Print Collector's Quarterly, XI, 1922, 9, p. 120, reproduced on p. 119; D. Posner, Annibale Carracci, London, 1971, I, p. 113, 172 (5), fig. 95
60,000 GBP
39
PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED IL VERONESE
Verona 1528 - 1588 Venice
REBECCA AND ELIEZER AT THE WELL
Pen and brown ink and wash, upper corners made up; inscribed: So potamia eal avendo admento molte m(?)olte di fare
152 by 161 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson Sen. (L. 2184) his mount and attribution; T. Hudson (L. 2432); Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2634); Pembroke, Northwick and later sale; Earl of Harewood; sale, Christie's, 6 July 1965, lot 147, reproduced (£3,600 to Calmann); Acquired from Calmann in 1965
EXHIBITED: Venice, Mostra de Paolo Veronese, Ca'Giustiniani, 1939, no. 9, pl. XVI; Washington, National Gallery of Art, The Art of Paolo Veronese, 1988, no. 101, reproduced
LITERATURE: T. Borenius, A Group of Drawings by Paul Veronese, The Burlington Magazine, 1921, p. 59; D. von Hadeln, Venezianische Zeichnungen der Spät-renaissance, Berlin, 1926, pl. 27; Osmond, Paolo Veronese, Bolognia, 1927, p. 101; G. Fiocco, Veronese, Bologna, 1928, p. 208; H. Tietze and E. Tietze-Conrat, The Drawings of the Venetian Painters, New York, 1944, p. 346, no. 2102, reproduced; R. Cocke, Veronese's Drawings, London, 1984, p. 239, no. 101, reproduced
120,000 GBP
40
ATTRIBUTED TO ANDREA VICENTINO
Venice 1542 - 1617 Venice
SKETCHES AFTER THE CORONATION AND EXCOMMUNICATION BY TINTORETTO IN THE SALA DEL MAGGIOR CONSIGLIO, PALAZZO DUCALE, VENICE (DESTROYED IN THE FIRE OF 1577); SKETCHES OF PAINTINGS BY VERONESE IN THE SALA DEL COLLEGIO, PALAZZO DUCALE, VENICE
Red chalk
200 by 309 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 1910
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 354 (as attributed to El Greco)
LITERATURE: E. Titeze-Conrat, Art Quarterly, III, 1940, p. 22-6, reproduced; H. Tietze and E. Titeze-Conrat, The Drawings of the Venetian Painters in the 15th and 16th Centuries, New York 1970, p. 180, no. 747, pl. CXXX, reproduced (as possibly by El Greco); H.E. Wethey, El Greco and his School, Princeton 1962, p. 153 (as Venetian, second half of the sixteenth century); D. Angulo and A. E. Perez Sanchez, A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, 1400-1600, London 1975, p. 44 (as not by El Greco); W.R. Rearick, Il disegno Veneziano de Cinquecento, Milan 2001, p. 199-200 (as Vicentino, circa 1576)
8,000 GBP
41
CIRCLE OF NICOLAS POUSSIN
Les Andelys, Normandy 1594 - 1665 Rome
DETAIL FROM TRAJAN'S COLUMN
Point of the brush and brown wash over black chalk
265 by 401 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1954
EXHIBITED: London, Wildenstein Gallery, Artists in 17th Century Rome, 1955, no. 60; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 338; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 133; Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland, Poussin. Sacraments and Bacchanals, 1981, no. 61; Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, A Loan Exhibition of Drawings by Poussin, 1990, no. 36
LITERATURE: S. Somers Rinehart, Poussin et la Famille dal Pozzo, Paris 1960, I, p. 26, 30, fig. 6; W. Friedlaender, Nicolas Poussin, London 1966, p. 17, fig. 3; D. Wild, Charles Mellin ou Nichola Poussin II, Gazette des Bauex Arts, 1967, LXIX, p. 36-7, no. 88 (as attributed to Mellin); K. Badt, Die kunst des Nicholas Poussin, I, Cologne 1969, p. 254; A. Blunt, The Drawings of Nicholas Poussin, London 1974, V, p. 29, no. 303, pl. 245 (where dated to the 1640s); D. Wild, Nicholas Pouissin, I, Zurich 1980, p. 195 and note 19; P. Rosenberg, review of Ashmolean exhibition, The Burlington Magazine, 1991, CXXXIII, p. 211 (where not accepted as Poussin); P. Rosenberg, Nicholas Poussin, Catalogue Raisonee des Dessiux,, II, Milan 1994, p. 914, no. R525, (as not by Poussin)
6,000 GBP
42
JEAN ANTOINE WATTEAU
Valenciennes 1684 - 1721 Nogent-sur-Marne
FÊTE CHAMPÊTRE
Red chalk
163 by 214 mm
PROVENANCE: F. Coke Smythe and by descent; Robinson and Fisher, June 1914
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Drawings by Old Masters, 1953, no. 399; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 341; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 155
LITERATURE: K. T. Parker and J. Mathey, The Drawings of Antoine Watteau, Paris 1957, I, p. 17, under no. 101, reproduced; J. Saint-Paulien, 'Sur les dessins de Watteau: les écritures secrètes,' Nouvelle Revue des Deaux Mondes, 1972, p. 75; M. Roland Michel, Watteau. Un artiste au XVIIIe siècle, Paris and London 1984, p. 117; M. Morgan Grasselli, The Drawings of Antoine Watteau, stylistic development and problems of chronology, (doctorate thesis, Cambridge, Harvard University 1987) p. 121, no. 49, fig. 107; P. Rosenberg and L. A. Prat, Antoine Watteau Catalogue Resonné des Dessius, Milan 1996, no. 89
60,000 GBP
43
JACQUES CALLOT
Nancy 1592 - 1635
A FESTIVAL: STUDY FOR THE ETCHING (LIEURE 171)
Pen and brown ink and wash and red chalk
155 by 335 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Riche, November 1919 (£7)
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 426; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from the Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 109
60,000 GBP
44
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
STUDY OF A TREE
Pen and brown ink and black chalk
187 by 156 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1919
1,200 GBP
45
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, LATE 17TH CENTURY
TREES IN A HIGH WIND
Pen and brown ink
290 by 215 mm
PROVENANCE: W. Esdaile (L. 2617); W. Mayor (L. 2799); Sir Edward Poynter (L. 874); sale, Sotheby's, 24 April 1918, lot 51 (as Grimaldi); Acquired 13 May 1921
1,500 GBP
46
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A SHIP IN DRY ROCK
Pen and brown ink and wash
257 by 185 mm
PROVENANCE: P. Crozat, with his number '217'; Gift of E. Horsman Coles, 1949
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 261 Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 101
1,200 GBP
47
ATTRIBUTED TO DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED DOMENICHINO
Bologna 1581 - 1641 Naples
RECTO: STUDY OF A BOY IN THE ATTITUDE OF THE VIRGIN INCORONATA VERSO: STUDY OF A SEATED, CLOAKED WOMAN
Black and white chalk on blue paper
337 by 173mm
PROVENANCE: Luigi Grassi (L.1171b); Acquired in 1925
3,500 GBP
48
ATTRIBUTED TO GIUSEPPE PASSERI
Rome 1654 - 1714
THE ANGEL OF THE ANNUNCIATION
Pen and black ink heightened with white, over black chalk
171 by 123 mm
PROVENANCE: Rev. C.J. Bell; C.F. Bell; Gift of C.F. Bell, April 1941
1,800 GBP
49
ATTRIBUTED TO AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Bologna 1557 - 1602 Parma
A LANDSCAPE WITH THE RIPOSO
Pen and brown ink
199 by 187 mm
PROVENANCE: A. Grahl (L. 1199); B. Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 12 December 1920, lot 51 (as School of Domenico Campagnola)
3,500 GBP
50
AGOSTINO TASSI
Perugia 1565 - 1644 Rome
A SHIPWRECK WITH FIGURES ON THE SHORE
Pen and brown ink
174 by 205 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Fosters, 1921
3,000 GBP
51
DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED DOMENICHINO
Bologna 1581 - 1641 Naples
GOD THE FATHER
Black, white and red chalk, on grey-green paper
237 by 177 mm
PROVENANCE: Possibly Sir Joshua Reynolds, lot 712 of his sale; T. Hudson (L. 2432); An unidentified collector's mark (L. 619a); Kindersley Porcher; Acquired in 1920
8,000 GBP
52
CIRCLE OF JAN ASSELYN
Dieppe circa 1610 - 1652 Amsterdam
THE INTERIOR OF THE COLOSSEUM
Black chalk and grey wash
172 by 239 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from de Beer's, 1937
1,800 GBP
53
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, MID-17TH CENTURY
A SEATED MAN, AND OTHER SMALL SKETCHES
Red chalk, made up lower right
409 by 238 mm
PROVENANCE: Benno Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1920, part of lot 137 (as Giovanni da San Giovanni-Manozzi);
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 368
8,000 GBP
54
ATTRIBUTED TO HENRI MAUPERCHÉ
Paris 1602 - 1686 ?
A LANDSCAPE WITH BOATMEN
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription and numbering: M. Mauperchs fecit No 38
137 by 186 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 1912
600 GBP
55
SALVATOR ROSA
Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome
A SERVING MAN, STANDING TO RIGHT
Pen and brown ink and grey wash
110 by 50 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445); Sir Edward Poynter; W. Esdaile, his writing 'P88', initials erased
3,000 GBP
56
AGOSTINO TASSI
Perugia 1565 - 1644 Rome
RECTO: A COASTAL SCENE WITH FIGURES; VERSO: STUDIES OF FIGURES
Pen and brown ink
125 by 190 mm
PROVENANCE: R. H. Randall Davies; sale, Sotheby's, 10 February 1947, lot 66
1,200 GBP
57
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A FOUNTAIN
Pen and brown ink and wash
151 by 104mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Colnaghi, 1937 (£1)
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 453 (as Gaetano Gandolfi)
200 GBP
58
ATTRIBUTED TO CAMILLO BOCCACCINO
Ferrara circa 1501 - 1546 Cremona
A SAINT READING
Grey wash heightened with white, on dark-red preparation
145 by 95 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092); W. Gibson, his attribution and price code 3.3. (verso); Gift of A. Horsman Coles
4,000 GBP
59
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
A FIGURE STUDY
Pen and brown ink
120 by 145 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Crook, 1925
1,200 GBP
60
JACOPO NEGRETTI, CALLED PALMA IL GIOVANE
Venice circa 1548 - 1628
STUDIES OF A FALLING MAN
Pen and brown ink
90 by 75 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson, Jun. (L. 2170); Acquired from Meatyard, 2 August 1923
800 GBP
61
BATTISTA FRANCO, CALLED IL SEMOLEI
Venice 1510-1561
A BOY, WRITING OR SKETCHING
Pen and brown ink and wash
150 by 89 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Erasmus Phillips and by descent to Lord Milford; Acquired from Calmann, 1943
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 440
300 GBP
62
FOLLOWER OF CLAUDE GELLÉE, CALLED CLAUDE LORRAIN
Chamagne, Lorraine 1604/5 - 1682 Rome
THE FORUM
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk
186 by 123 mm
PROVENANCE: Randall Davies; sale, 13 February 1947, lot 199
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no. 456
300 GBP
63
ADRIEN DAUZATS
Bordeaux 1804 - 1868 Paris
STREET MARKET, TROYES, WITH THE CHURCH OF ST. JEAN BAPTISTE
Watercolour and gum Arabic; signed and dated, recto: Dauzats 1829 and inscribed, verso: Troyes, rue Moyenne
280 by 192 mm
120 GBP
64
CLAUDE GILLOT
Langres 1673 - 1722 Paris
SKETCH FOR A FOUNTAIN, OR A THEATRICAL DECORATION
Pen and brown ink
160 by 204 mm
PROVENANCE: Mears; sale, London, Sotheby's, June 1925
8,000 GBP
65
CIRCLE OF ANNIBALE CARRACCI
Bologna 1560 - 1609 Rome
PAN, HALF-LENGTH
Black and white chalk on grey paper; bears inscription: An: Carrache fecit
280 by 212 mm
PROVENANCE: Francis Place; P. Allen Fraser; sale, Sotheby's, 10 June 1931, lot 131 (from a scrapbook of etchings and drawings by Francis Place, F. Barlow, etc.)
3,000 GBP
66
FOLLOWER OF AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Bologna 1557 - 1602 Parma
CARICATURE: A BEARDED MAN, IN PROFILE TO LEFT
Pen and brown ink, made up
180 by 115 mm
PROVENANCE: An unidentified collector's mark (L. 619a); Kindersley Porcher; sale, Sotheby's, 15 October 1920, lot 157
150 GBP
67
NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1720 circa 1720
THE HEAD OF A GIRL
Black and white chalk on blue paper; bears inscription: Schidone
210 by 165 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 13 December 1919, lot 37
800 GBP
68
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL
17th Century
RECTO: A SLEEPING BABY VERSO: HEAD OF A MAN IN PROFILE TO THE LEFT
Black and white chalk, on light-brown paper
141 by 218 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Colnaghi, 1949
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 360; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 154; Venice, Cini Foundation Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, 1980, no. 42, recto reproduced (as Venetian School, first half XVII century)
3,000 GBP
69
GIULIO CARPIONE
Venice 1613 - 1678
CAPTIVES AND SEAMEN, AND A PORTRAIT
Red chalk, upper corners cut
218 by 243 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson Jun. (L. 2170); J. Gulston (?) (L. 474)
3,500 GBP
70
ATTRIBUTED TO PAOLO CALIARI, CALLED IL VERONESE
Verona 1528 - 1588 Venice
A SEATED FIGURE
Pen and brown ink and wash
103 by 80 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson Sen. (L. 2184); Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364); W. Sharp (L. 2650); sale, Puttick's, 2 August 1923
3,000 GBP
71
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A SHEET OF STUDIES, PERHAPS DESIGNS FOR PICTURES OR CEILINGS
Pen and brown ink
248 by 173 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1924
1,200 GBP
72
SALVATOR ROSA
Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome
GROTESQUE ANIMAL HEADS
Pen and brown ink
145 by 90 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 24 November 1919, part of lot 21
2,000 GBP
73
ANTOON OVERLAET
1720 - 1774
A BOOR
Pen and brown ink; signed: Overlaet f.
83 by 63 mm
PROVENANCE: S. Coningsby Sibthorpe; Acquired in 1920
800 GBP
74
JAN SIBERECHTS
Antwerp 1627 - circa 1703 London
A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH FERNS IN THE FOREGROUND
Watercolour and bodycolour
230 by 355 mm
PROVENANCE: P. Sandby (L. 2112); Acquired from Holloway, 1927
15,000 GBP
75
FERRAÙ FENZONI
Faenza 1562 - 1645
A HAND
Red chalk
110 by 50 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardon Sen (L. 2183); Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 1 November 1920, lot 42 (as Annibale Carracci)
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 450 (as Annibale Carracci)
LITERATURE: T. Borenius, Drawings and Engravings by the Carracci, The Print Collector's Quarterly, 1922, 9, p. 116
2,000 GBP
76
FRENCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: SOLON: A MAN STANDING, TO LEFT, CARRYING A SKULL; VERSO: HEAD OF A MAN
Grey wash (recto), red chalk (verso)
325 by 115 mm; and an engraving of the same
150 GBP
77
CIRCLE OF PIETRO TESTA
Lucca 1612 - 1650 Rome
RECTO: SAINT PETER HEALING; VERSO: FIGURE STUDIES
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription: Verte
375 by 250 mm
PROVENANCE: Given to Armide Oppé by Hans Calmann
600 GBP
78
FRANCESCO GALLI BIBIENA
Bologna 1659 - 1739
RECTO: AN ARCHITECTURAL STAGE DESIGN, WITH LABELLED PLAN VERSO: PLAN AND ELEVATION OF A DOUBLE STAIRCASE
Pen and brown ink and black chalk; inscribed with numerous measurements and bears inscription: del SS. Francesco Bibiena
395 by 283 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Fosters, 1921
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 203
600 GBP
79
CIRCLE OF GUSTAVE COURBET
Ornans 1819 - 1877 Tour de Peilz
TWO SKETCHES OF A SEATED FEMALE NUDE
Red chalk
175 by 310 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Crook, 1924
600 GBP
80
GIOVANNI MARIA QUAGLIO
1700 - 1765 active Vienna
THE INTERIOR OF A PRISON
Black chalk and grey wash
200 by 300 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Meatyard, 1919
150 GBP
81
SALVATOR ROSA
Arenella, Naples 1615 - 1673 Rome
CASTELLO DELL'UOVO, NAPLES
Pen and brown ink and wash; bears inscription, recto: Salvator Rosa and verso: Claude
184 by 348 mm
PROVENANCE: Crozat. his number '76'; Jackson; Acquired in 1924
4,000 GBP
82
GIOVANNI MARIA QUAGLIO
1700 - 1765 active Vienna
THE INTERIOR OF A PRISON
Black chalk and grey wash
255 by 385 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 1913
80 GBP
83
NICOLAS DELOBEL
1693 - 1763 Paris
TIVOLI
Pen and brown ink, watercolour, bodycolour and black chalk; inscribed: Veue au bas de Tyvoly come leau sor de dans les roche venan dela cascade
337 by 228 mm
PROVENANCE: Lady Lucas; sale, Sotheby's, 3 May 1918, lot 132
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no. 402 (as Follower of Claude Lorraine); London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 328
8,000 GBP
84
ATTRIBUTED TO PIER LEONE GHEZZI
Rome 1674 - 1755
SHEET OF STUDIES: THE CORONATION OF THE VIRGIN
Pen and brown ink and wash
221 by 322 mm
PROVENANCE: R. Johnson; J. C. Platt, 23 April 1912, lot 80
3,500 GBP
85
SCHOOL OF ANNIBALE CARRACCI
Bologna 1560 - 1609 Rome
THE HEAD OF A MAN, LOOKING UP, IN PROFILE TO LEFT
Red chalk
205 by 159 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson Sen. (L. 2184) his mount, attribution and shelf marks; Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 24 November 1919
3,000 GBP
86
ATTRIBUTED TO PHILIPP PETER ROOS, CALLED ROSA DA TIVOLI
Frankfurt 1657 - 1706 Rome
A BULL, STANDING
Red chalk
252 by 395 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired by Bergamo, 1908
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 254
1,500 GBP
87
MICHELE PACE, CALLED MICHELANGELO DEL CAMPIDOGLIO
Rome 1625 - 1669
A ROMAN VIEW, 1608, WITH A MAN STANDING IN AN ARCH
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk; bears inscription: In amphitheatrum in Roma 1608 de Gaspr. Ochialj
385 by 266 mm
PROVENANCE: J. McGouen (L. 1496); Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's , 24 November 1919, part of lot 1
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 415 (as Vanvitelli)
LITERATURE: A. Zwollo, Hollandse en Valmse veduteschilders te Rome 1675-1725, Assen 1973, p. 67, Abb. 84 (as Theodoor Wilkens); V. Birke and J. Kertesz, Die Italienischen Ziechnungen der Albertina, Vienna 1992, p. 504, under no. 976
9,000 GBP
88
AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Bologna 1557 - 1602 Parma
DESIGN FOR A FAN
Red and black chalk, pen and brown ink, the outlines incised silhouetted; bears inscription: Donna mentre I degli occhi (18th century English Mount, perhaps D. Price or West)
310 by 240 mm
PROVENANCE: M. Rosenheim; sale, Sotheby's, 2 May 1923, lot 7; H. S. Reitlinger (L. 224a); sale, Sotheby's, 9 December 1953, lot 35;
EXHIBITED: London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1921; Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Mostra dei Carracci, 1956, no. 47; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 270; Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, The Idea of Beauty: Seventeenth-century Rome seen through the Eyes of Giovan Pietro Bellori, 2000
LITERATURE: T. Borenius, Drawings and Engravings by the Carracci, the Print Collector's Quarterly, 1922, 9, p. 111, reproduced; H. Bodmer, Die Entwicklung der Stechkunst des Agostino Carracci II, Die Graphischen Kunste, 1940, p. 58, no. 1 (as not by Agostino); D. DeGrazia Bohlin, Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family, Washington, 1979, p. 310, fig. 193a
80,000 GBP
89
ATTRIBUTED TO ALESSANDRO TIARINI
Bologna 1577 - 1668
THE LAMENTATION
Black chalk and brown wash heightened with white, on grey paper, lower left corner cut; bears inscription, verso: Questo quadro ora e in Bologna, posseduto dal Signor Antonio Magnani Bibliothecario del Instituto delle Scienze' and another hand 'Disegno original di Federico Barocci... per il Quadro fatto al Cardinale Federico Borromeo, che lo pose nel Duomo di Milano, del quale ho parlato nella Guida di quella Citta impresa nel 1787. Carlo Branconi, Seg perp. della Gle Accada Milano della Ri Ae
351 by 277 mm
PROVENANCE: Benno Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1920, lot 17
EXHIBITED: London, Burlington Fine Art Club, 1923; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 380; Edinburgh, Merchant Hall, Italian 16th Century Drawings from British Private Collections, 1969, no. 7, pl. 58; Cleveland Museum of Art and New Haven, Yale Art Gallery, The Graphic Art of Federico Barocci, 1978, no. 71; Cambridge, The Fitzwilliam Museum, A Touch of the Divine; Drawings by Federico Barocci in British Collections, 2006, no. 77
LITERATURE: B. Geiger, Handzeichnungen alter Meister, Zurich 1948, no. 31, reproduced (as Barocci); S. Lingo, Federico Barocci, Yale Iniversity Press 2008, p. 116-7, III (as Barocci)
12,000 GBP
90
ITALIAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700
CARICATURE HEADS OF A MAN IN A HAT
Black and red chalk; bears numbering: 1509
250 by 190 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Colnaghi, 28 July 1949
150 GBP
91
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
CARICATURE: A COURTIER SEEN FROM BEHIND
Pencil; inscribed 'del 3 8bdre 1733', with inscription 'Campiglia delin', numbered 'no. 74', no. 40' (verso)
135 by 140 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppe and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
150 GBP
92
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
PORTRAIT OF BRUNO MANGIA-CANI
Black chalk, within ruled margin; with inscription 'Ritratto di Bruno, detto Mangia Cani, Mesticatore della galleria di Medico disegnate dall. Sigre. Campiglia', numbered 'no, 78', '98' (verso)
225 by 185 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppe and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
400 GBP
93
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
PORTRAIT OF SIGNORE BASTIANO BIANCHI, IN PROFILE TO RIGHT
Black chalk, pen and brown ink, laid down; with inscriptions 'Campiglia delin no. 73', 'Sig. Bastiano Bianchi, late keeper of the Great Duke's Gallery', numbered 'no. 41' (verso)
180 by 145 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppe and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
300 GBP
94
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
AN ARTIST, SEATED
Black chalk; with inscription 'Campiglia Delin', numbered 'no. 63', '46', watermark 'C.R. 25'
200 by 340 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppe and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
400 GBP
95
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
CARICATURE: AN ABBÉ
Black chalk, laid down; with inscription 'Campiglia Delin', numbered 'no. 88', '36' (verso)
170 by 120 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppé and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
300 GBP
96
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
CARICATURE: THE GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY IN PROFILE TO LEFT
Black chalk; with inscription 'Campiglia Delin', 'Great D. of Tuscany', numbered 'no. 72' (verso)
200 by 130 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Eramus-Phillips and by descent to Lord Mitford; Gift of Armide Oppé and Aydua Scot-Elliot, Christmas 1942
150 GBP
97
CARLO MARCHIONNI
Rome 1702 - 1786
CARICATURE HEADS OF PRIESTS, AND A SELF-PORTRAIT
Pen and brown ink and brown and pink wash; bears inscription on the mount: C.M.
90 by 335 mm
PROVENANCE: P. Huart (?) (L. 2084); Gift to Richeton, November 1920
800 GBP
98
CHARLES LUCIEN LÉANDRE
Champsecret 1862 - 1930 Monmartre
A GIRL WITH A LILY
Pen and brown ink and wash; signed: C. Léandre
275 by 200 mm
PROVENANCE: G. Engelbrechts (L. 1148)
70 GBP
99
AGOSTINO CARRACCI
Bologna 1557 - 1602 Parma
A DWARF POINTING TO THE RIGHT
Red chalk, made up top right
312 by 207 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick, and by descent at Northwick Park to Capt. E.G. Spencer-Churchill; sale, Sotheby's, 1 November 1920, lot 46
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Old Master Drawings, 1953, no. 160; Bologna, Palazzo dell'Archiginnasio, Mostra dei Carracci, 1963, no. 92, pl. 48; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 3; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 113
LITERATURE: D. Posner, Annibale Caracci, London, 1971, II, under no. 16, pl. 16b (as Annibale); P.J. Coony and G. Malafarina, L'Opera Completa di Annibale Carracci, Milan 1976, no. 17.1 (as Annibale); A. Brejon de Lavergnée and N. Volle, Seicento, le siècle de Carvage dans les collections françaises, exhib. cat., Paris, Grand Palais, and Milan, Palazzo Reale, 1988-1989, under no. 34; C. Legrand, Le dessin à Bologue, 1580-1620, La réforme des trois Carracci, exhib. cat., Paris, Louvre 1994, under no. 46; A. Sutherland Harris, 'Agostino Carracci's inventions: Pen=and-ink studies, 1582-1602', Master Drawings, XXXVIII (2000), p. 420, note 35
35,000 GBP
100
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, CALLED GUERCINO
Cento 1591 - 1666 Bologna
A GROUP OF PEASANTS
Pen and brown ink
203mm by 187mm
PROVENANCE: By descent in the family of the artist's nephews Carlo and Benedetto Gennari, Bologna, until after 1719; Francesco Forni, Bologna; John Bouverie (circa 1723-50), to his sister; Anne Bouverie (died 1757), to her husband Mr. Hervey (died 1764), to their son; Christopher Hervey (died 1786), to his aunt Elizabeth Bouverie (died 1798), surviving sister of John Bouverie, to; Sir Charles Middleton, later 1st Baron Barham (1726-1813), husband of Elisabeth Bouverie's childhood friend Margaret Gambier, to his son-in-law; Sir Gerard Noel Noel, 2nd Baron Barham (1759-1838), to his son; Sir Charles Noel, 3rd Baron Barham and later 1st Earl of Gainsborough (1781-1866), and by descent to; The Earl of Gainsborough; sale, Christie's, 27 July 1922, part of lot 85; Acquired from Parsons in August 1922
EXHIBITED: London, Burlington Fine Art Club, 1923, no. 15; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 280; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 123; London, British Museum, Drawings by Guercino from British Collections, 1991, no. 211, reproduced
LITERATURE: A. G. B. Russell, Drawings by Guercino, London 1923, p. 21, pl. IV
20,000 GBP
101
PIER FRANCESCO MOLA
Coldrerio 1612 - 1666 Rome
CARICATURE OF SIMONELLI PRESENTING AN INFANT FOR BAPTISM
Red chalk; bears signature, lower left in grey wash: f Mola
187 by 262 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick and by descent at Northwick Park to Capt. E.G. Spencer; sale, Sotheby's, 18 November 1919; Acquired from Meatyard, 25 November 1919
EXHIBITED: London, Wildenstein Gallery, Artists in 17th Century Rome, 1955, no. 58; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 286; Lugano, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Pier Francesco Mola, Milan 1989, no. III. 106, reproduced
LITERATURE: W. R. Juynboll, het Komische Genre in de Italiansche Schilderkunst gedurende de zeventiende en de achtiende Ewuw, Leiden 1934, p. 146; K. T. Parker, Catalogue of the Collections of Drawings in the Ashmolean Museum, vol. II, Italian Schools, Oxford 1956, under no. 915
12,000 GBP
102
FOLLOWER OF HANS BOL
Mechelen 1534 - 1593 Amsterdam
A LANDSCAPE WITH A CASTLE, A RIVER AND HILLS
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription: Hb and numbered: 61
140 by 212 mm
PROVENANCE: T. Hudson (L. 2432); Acquired from Parsons, 1912
6,000 GBP
103
CIRCLE OF FABRIZIO GALLIARI
1709 - 1790
RECTO: THE INTERIOR OF A PRISON VERSO: TWO PEASANTS
Recto: pen and brown ink Verso: pen and red ink
205 by 290 mm
PROVENANCE: W. Mayor (L. 2799) perhaps as Zuccarelli; Acquired from Parsons, 1910
400 GBP
104
ROMAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
TWO WOMEN SINGING
Pen and brown ink and wash
270 by 195 mm
800 GBP
105
FLORENTINE SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
THE LEPER: TWO MONKS AFTER ANDREA DEL SARTO
Pen and brown ink, the lines incised; bears inscription: Ha
236 by 330 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1922
800 GBP
106
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
HEAD OF A FRIAR, AND THREE CARICATURE HEADS
Black and brown chalk
192 by 237 mm
PROVENANCE: Paignon-Dijonval; Acquired from Tregaskias
700 GBP
107
ITALIAN SCHOOL
CARICATURE: SERVING MAN
Pen and brown ink and watercolour, heightened with white
177 by 182 mm
PROVENANCE: An unidentified collector's mark (L. 2865); Acquired from Mendelsohn, 28 March 1919
150 GBP
108
CIRCLE OF DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED DOMENICHINO
Bologna 1581 - 1641 Naples
THE BANKS OF THE TIBER WITH SANTA SABINA ABOVE, TWO SATYRS IN THE FOREGROUND
Pen and brown ink
163 by 283 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Spencer (L. 1530); Stafford House; Acquired in 1913
1,500 GBP
109
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A COWSHED
Pen and brown ink and black chalk
142 by 239 mm
PROVENANCE: Prince W. Argoutinsky-Dolforoukoff (L. 2602d); Amsterdam, R.W.; P. de Vries, 27 March 1925, lot 403 (as D. Vinckeboons); Acquired in 1927
200 GBP
110
DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A WIDE HILLY LANDSCAPE ON THE RHINE
Black chalk and watercolour, within brown ink framing lines
176 by 251 mm
PROVENANCE: Rev. Thomas Kerrich; sale, Sotheby's, 6 July 1921, part of lot 222
700 GBP
111
AFTER MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO
Milan or Caravaggio 1571 - 1610 Porto Ercole
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Point of the brush and brown and grey wash
210 by 173 mm
PROVENANCE: Earls of Gainsborough; sale, Sotheby's, 22 July 1953, lot 18
30 GBP
112
FLEMISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1600
RECTO: A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE VERSO: A GABLED HOUSE
Pen and grey ink and brown wash
116 by 195 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Calmann, 1949
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 405 (as Hercules Seghers) Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 138 (as Hercules Seghers); Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Hercules Seghers, 1967, no. J (as not by Seghers)
400 GBP
113
DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A LANDSCAPE WITH HAYMAKERS
Pen and brown ink and black chalk
158 by 215 mm
PROVENANCE: R. Dumesnil (L. 739); H. Hamal (L. 1231), with his inscription; Bayley; Barrow; Acquired from Roma, 1919
80 GBP
114
FLEMISH SCHOOL, LATE 16TH CENTURY
A HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH CASTLES AND RIVERS
Pen and brown ink and blue-grey wash, within brown ink framing lines
114 by 178 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, May 1941; Gift of Edmund Schilling
2,000 GBP
115
SIMON JACOBSZ. DE VLIEGER
Rotterdam circa 1600/1 - 1653 Weesp
THE HULL OF A WARSHIP
Black chalk and brown wash, within black chalk framing lines
77 by 107 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 16 March 1927, lot 11; Acquired from Meatyard
600 GBP
116
DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1620
A LANDSCAPE WITH VILLAGE AND RIVER
Pen and brown ink, right corners made up
111 by 156 mm
PROVENANCE: S. Coningsby Sibthorpe; Acquired 1922
1,200 GBP
117
FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE WITH A TOWN, AND A CASTLE AND HILL VERSO: A CHURCH
Recto: grey, white and blue bodycolour; Verso: pen and brown ink and blue wash
132 by 189 mm
700 GBP
118
ETIENNE DE LAVALLÉE-POUSSIN
Rouen 1733 - 1793 Paris
DESIGN FOR THE DECORATION OF THE WALL OF A PICTURE GALLERY
Pen and brown ink and wash, over lead
88 by 144 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift from P. & D. Colnaghi, 1952
120 GBP
119
DUTCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1640
AN EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPE
Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines
132 by 250 mm
PROVENANCE: Possibly with E. Parsons and Sons, 1934; sale, Sotheby's, 26 April 1939, lot 25
150 GBP
120
ATTRIBUTED TO JACOB DE GHEYN III
Haarlem or Leiden 1596 - 1641 Utrecht
STUDIES OF A FLAYED HORSE
Silverpoint
167 by 155 mm
PROVENANCE: Probably Lord Arundel; A. M. Zanerri, his inscription 'Di Lionardo da Vinci, 21 Ducati'; T. Rosy; Prince Belosselsky; sale, Robinson and Fisher, 28 April 1921, lot 169; Gift of Meatyard, 1921
LITERATURE: A. E. Popham, in Old Master Drawings, September 1927, II, p. 29-30; I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn, an introduction to the study of his drawings, Amsterdam 1936, p. 97-9 I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn, Three Generations, The Hague 1983, II, p. 181, III, reproduced p. 278, no. 15, pl. 15
6,000 GBP
121
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1830
THE GARDEN OF AN ITALIAN PALACE
Black chalk
180 by 255 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 2 January 1923
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 342 (as attributed to Hubert Robert); Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 134
1,500 GBP
122
JACQUES PROU
1630 - 1696
A ROMAN VIEW WITH RUINS AND FRAGMENTS OF SCULPTURE
Pen and brown ink; signed: J. Prou fecit Roma inscribed: Md and numbered: 54
269 by 371 mm
PROVENANCE: A gift from Sir Bruce Ingram
700 GBP
123
FOLLOWER OF CLAUDE GELLÉE, CALLED CLAUDE LORRAIN
Chamagne, Lorraine 1604/5 - 1682 Rome
A RIVER WITH A BOAT, AND A VILLAGE WITH A BURNING HOUSE
Pen and brown ink and grey wash
193 by 252 mm
PROVENANCE: Earl Spencer (L. 1530); C. Gasc (L. 544); A.P.E. Gasc (L. 1131); Acquired from Rimell, 1914
800 GBP
124
MASTER OF THE BLUE LANDSCAPES mid 17th Century
A FORTIFIED TOWN IN THE CAMPAGNA (RECTO AND VERSO)
Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white (verso), on blue paper
187 by 258 mm
PROVENANCE: Fries; Acquired from Mendelsohn, 3 April 1919
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 330 (as Claude); Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 118 (as Claude)
LITERATURE: M. Roethlisberger, 'Drawings around Claude I', Master Drawings, 1965 (III), no. 11
2,000 GBP
125
FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1850
A WOMAN SEATED ON A BALCONY
Pencil and watercolour, circular; inscribed: Le Senora
90 mm diameter
80 GBP
126
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1825
A JOCKEY AND A RACEHORSE
Pencil and watercolour, circular; inscribed: Les Courses
90 mm diameter
80 GBP
127
FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY
A BARN
Pen and black ink and watercolour over pencil
258 by 177 mm
PROVENANCE: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 428
60 GBP
128
ROMAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
HEAD OF A MAN
Red and brown chalk, on brown paper
167 by 124 mm
PROVENANCE: Barrymore, his mount and drystamp 'MC/E / 53'
80 GBP
129
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI FRANCESO GRIMALDI
Bologna 1606 - 1680 Rome
A BOY DRINKING AT A STREAM
Pen and brown ink
97 by 187 mm
PROVENANCE: R. Houlditch; Viscount Knutsford; Acquired 11 April 1935, lot 87
300 GBP
130
CIRCLE OF JAN ASSELYN
Dieppe circa 1610 - 1652 Amsterdam
THE PONTE ROTTO, ROME; AND A RIVER LANDSCAPE
Black chalk and grey wash; two in one mount
170 by 238 mm and 162 by 251 mm
900 GBP
131
ATTRIBUTED TO ALESSANDRO CASOLANI
Siena 1552 - 1606
PIETA
Black chalk on grey paper
140 by 138 mm
PROVENANCE: Barrymore with associated mount and drystamp 'M.C./E./37.'; sale, Sotheby's, June 1933
700 GBP
132
JACOPO NEGRETTI, CALLED PALMA IL GIOVANE
Venice circa 1548 - 1628
A WOMAN, HALF-LENGTH TO THE LEFT
Pen and brown ink and wash
100 by 29 mm
PROVENANCE: J. Richardson, Jun. (L. 2170); Gift of I.Q. van Regteren Altena, July 1936
300 GBP
133
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI MANNOZZI, CALLED DA SAN GIOVANNI
Valdarno 1592 - 1636 Florence
A CHILD ON A MULE, BESIDE A SECOND MULE
Red chalk; bears inscription: S. Giovanni
135 by 140 mm
PROVENANCE: Luigi Grassi (L. 1171b); sale, Sotheby's, 13 May 1924, part of lot 106
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 448
1,000 GBP
134
CIRCLE OF MICHEL CORNEILLE THE YOUNGER
Paris 1642 - 1708
WOMAN WASHING AT A STREAM
Pen and brown ink
125 by 180 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Crook, 21 June 1924
200 GBP
135
GIOVANNI MANNOZZI, CALLED DA SAN GIOVANNI
Valdarno 1592 - 1636 Florence
RECTO: A KNEELING MONK, TO LEFT VERSO: A KNEELING MONK, FACING FRONT
Red chalk
263 by 177 mm
PROVENANCE: R. Johnston (?); Acquired from Parsons, 1912
1,200 GBP
136
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN
Pencil, laid down; with inscription 'Campiglia delin', numbered 'no. 81', '95'
195mm diameter
PROVENANCE: Gift of Hans Calmann, September 1943
300 GBP
137
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
PORTRAIT OF CARDINAL PIERRE TENCIN
Pencil, grey wash, laid down, oval; with inscription 'Campaglia delin', 'Cardinal Tencin', numbered 'no. 80' (verso)
145 by 155 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Hans Calmann, September 1943
600 GBP
138
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CAMPIGLIA
Florence 1692 - 1775
DESIGN FOR A TITLE PAGE
Black chalk within a ruled margin, laid down
170 by 125 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Hans Calmann, September 1943
800 GBP
139
ATTRIBUTED TO GIULIO DELL'ANGOLO DEL MORO
Verona 1555 - 1616 Venice
A RELIGIOUS SUBJECT
Pen and blue ink and blue and brown wash
85 by 115 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Gernsheim, 28 December 1937
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 443
1,000 GBP
140
CAMILLO BOCCACCINO
Ferrara circa 1501 - 1546 Cremona
A SAINT READING
Grey wash heightened with white, on dark-red preparation
145 by 95 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092); W. Gibson, his attribution and price code 3.3. (verso); Gift of A. Horsman Coles
3,000 GBP
141
GIUSEPPE BALDINI
Active in Florence circa 1730
RECTO: REBECCA AND ELIEZER AT THE WELL VERSO: FIGURE STUDIES
Red chalk
196 by 261 mm
PROVENANCE: F. M. N. Gaburri, his inscription 'Di Mano di Miuselle Baldini (?) Fiorno 14' (L. 2992b); Acquired from Parsons, 1910
1,200 GBP
142
ROMAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1620
THE EXECUTION OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST
Pen and brown ink and black chalk
125 by 195 mm
PROVENANCE: K.T. Parker; C.R. Rudolf; sale, Sotheby's, 9 June 1937, part lot 2
2,000 GBP
143
ROMAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
A GROUP OF WOMEN, LISTENING
Pen and brown ink and wash, on dark-brown paper
215 by 380 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Richeton, 1920
100 GBP
144
SCHOOL OF ANTWERP, CIRCA 1550
THE HEAD OF A BOY, LOOKING UP; A CARTOON FRAGMENT
Black chalk and bodycolour, the outlines pricked; bears inscription on the mount: An Carats.
150 by 135 mm
PROVENANCE: Worsley; Acquired in May 1921
1,200 GBP
145
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY
A LANDSCAPE WITH FALLEN TREES AND A CASTLE ON A HILL
Pen and brown ink and wash
193 by 268 mm
PROVENANCE: B. Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1920, lot 60; Acquired from Newmayr
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 376 (as Agostino Carracci)
800 GBP
146
REMIGIO CANTAGALLINA
Sansepolcro/Florence 1582/83 - 1656 Florence
A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES AND TREES IN THE FOREGROUND
Pen and brown ink; bears inscription: Callot
195 by 255 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift of Bellingham Smith, 1919
500 GBP
147
M. F. 1757
A DOWNLAND LANDSCAPE UNDER RAIN, WITH A RIDER CROSSING A BRIDGE
Pen and brown ink and watercolour; signed with the artist's monogram and dated: MF 1757
180 by 265 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi, 1946
2,000 GBP
148
PHILIBERT BENOIT DE LA RÜE
Paris 1725 - 1785
THE VISION OF SAINT JOHN ON PATMOS
Pen and brown ink and grey and brown wash and black chalk, heightened with white
300 by 200 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 3 November 1920, lot 273
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 345 (as Louis-Felix de la Rue)
800 GBP
149
CIRCLE OF PHILIPPE-LOUIS PARIZEAU
Paris 1740 - 1801
A BOY SEATED ON THE GROUND
Red chalk
150 by 130 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, 1 February 1922, lot 1; Acquired from Meatyard
300 GBP
150
LUDOVICO RODOLPHE PISSARRO
1878 - 1954
KIRFANY: SUNSET OVER A HEADLAND AND BAY
Pen and brown ink and watercolour; signed: Ludovic Rodo
260 by 375 mm
PROVENANCE: Miss M. Kinnear; sale, Sotheby's, 28 November 1921, lot 130
300 GBP
151
ITALIAN SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
RECTO: A TRIUMPHAL ARCH IN A TOWN VERSO: TREES
Red chalk; inscribed: cornice and an illegible inscription
145mm by 203mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 24 November 1919, lot 119
150 GBP
152
ATTRIBUTED TO MATTEO ROSSELLI
Florence 1578 - 1650
A MAN, STANDING TO LEFT
410 by 233 mm
PROVENANCE: Benno Geiger; sale, Sotheby's, 7 December 1920
1,500 GBP
153
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700
A LANDSCAPE WITH RIVER AND TREES
Pen and brown ink, on blue paper
200 by 297 mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Amerst of Hackney; sale, Sotheby's, 14 December 1921, part of lot 6
600 GBP
154
ATTRIBUTED TO DOMENICO ZAMPIERI, CALLED DOMENICHINO
Bologna 1581 - 1641 Naples
A MOUNTAINOUS LANDSCAPE
Pen and brown ink
305 by 245 mm
PROVENANCE: Count Moriz von Fries (L. 2903); F. Bright; sale, Sotheby's, 3 May 1921, lot 338
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 356 (as Fra Bartolommeo); Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 104 (as Fra Bartolommeo)
6,000 GBP
155
CIRCLE OF JACOB RUYSDAEL
Haarlem circa 1629 - 1861 Amsterdam
A BUILDING WITH A BRIDGE, WATER AND TREES
Black chalk and grey wash; bears numbering, verso: 235
95 by 140 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 16 March 1927, part of lot 60; Acquired from Meatyard, 24 March 1927
800 GBP
156
ATTRIBUTED TO JAN VAN KESSEL
Amsterdam 1641 - 1680
A RIVER SCENE WITH A HUT AND WINDMILLS
Black chalk and grey wash, within brown ink framing lines
90 by 150 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 16 March 1927; Acquired from Meatyard, 24 March 1927
3,500 GBP
157
CHARLES MICHEL-ANGE CHALLE
Paris 1718 - 1778
AN ARCHITECTURAL CAPRICCIO
Pen and grey ink and wash; bears inscription: Jacques Rousseau
208 by 280 mm
PROVENANCE: C. Jourdeuil (L. 527); Acquired from Huddlestone, June 1910
800 GBP
158
BENEDETTO CARPACCIO
Venice 1490 - 1572 Istria
THE TRIAL OF MOSES
Pen and brown ink and wash
202 by 242 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 13 August 1910 with the Parsons SS Star
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 358 (as Michele da Verona); Venice, Fondazione Cini, Disegni veneti di collezioni inglesi, 1980, no. 9, reproduced
LITERATURE: T. Borenius, Michele da Verona, The Burlington Magazine, 1921, XXXIX, no. 220 (as Michele da Verona)
12,000 GBP
159
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY
A KNEELING MARTYR
Red chalk
310 by 195 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Parsons, 1910
1,500 GBP
160
VINCENT LAURENTSZ. VAN DER VINNE II
Haarlem 1686 - 1742
A RUINED CASTLE
Red and black chalk and watercolour
195 by 293 mm
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 398
2,000 GBP
161
HENRI MONNIER
Paris 1799 - 1877
A PEASANT WOMAN
Pencil, fixative; inscribed: à mon ami Mêne and signed and dated: Henry Monnier 1866
315 by 200 mm
PROVENANCE: G. Engelbrachts (L. 1148); sale, Sotheby's, 30 July 1937; Acquired from Meatyard
300 GBP
162
VICTOR JEAN NICOLLE
Paris 1754 - 1826
PEASANTS BEFORE A HOUSE
Pen and brown ink and watercolour
151 by 97 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in Exeter, 1915
700 GBP
163
ITALO-FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: THE GROTTO OF POSILIPPO VERSO: PART OF THE GROTTO
Pen and brown ink and wash
251 by 186 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1921
200 GBP
164
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: A CASTLE, REMINISCENT OF CASTEL SANT'ANGELO, ROME VERSO: THE UPPER STORIES OF A VILLA
Pen and brown ink and wash
193 by 313 mm
200 GBP
165
ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: A VIEW OF A TOWN WITH A CHURCH VERSO: PART OF THE VATICAN
Pen and brown ink and grey wash
216 by 310 mm
300 GBP
166
WILLEM VAN DE VELDE II
Leiden 1633 - 1707 London
ROCKY COAST
Black and white chalk on blue paper
110 by 115 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1925
150 GBP
167
WILLEM VAN DE VELDE II
Leiden 1633 - 1707 London
FISHERMEN
Black and white chalk on blue paper
150 by 210 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1925
300 GBP
168
WILLEM VAN DE VELDE II
Leiden 1633 - 1707 London
A SHIPWRECK
Black and white chalk on blue paper
165 by 275 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1925
200 GBP
169
FRENCH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800
RECTO: VIEW OF A TOWN VERSO: A CASTLE ON A HILL
Black chalk
198 by 279 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired in 1932
600 GBP
170
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
FOUR PUTTI
Red chalk and wash, squared in black chalk
171 by 200 mm
PROVENANCE: Barrymore with associated mount and drystamp 'M.C./E./57.'; Acquired in 1937
1,500 GBP
171
JAN DE BISSCHOP
Amsterdam 1628 - 1671 The Hague
THE HUYGENS HOUSE AT THE HAGUE
Pen and brown ink and wash, within brown ink framing lines; inscribed, verso: achter d'H'van Zuylichem in den Haegh. Huys van d'H'van Odyck. Huys van Mads. Horst van Prins Maurits...
98 by 115 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 13 May 1920, lot 69
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 431; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 106
12,000 GBP
172
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: A VILLAGE DANCE
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk; inscribed: Stef. dela Bela
195 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's. 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
9,000 GBP
173
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: A NIGHT WATCH
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
160 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
12,000 GBP
174
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: AN ASSEMBLY IN A PIAZZA
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk; inscribed: ecci Poeti ecceni Ocomincia
195 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
12,000 GBP
175
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: HEDGE SCHOOL
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
125 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
6,000 GBP
176
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: A DRUNKARD
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
150 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
7,000 GBP
177
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: BOWLING
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
210 by 315 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
9,000 GBP
178
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: SWINGS
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
145 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 281
16,000 GBP
179
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: A GYMNASIUM
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
170 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
12,000 GBP
180
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: THE FOUNTAIN
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
200 by 280 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
12,000 GBP
181
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: MANEGGIO
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
155 by 270 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
16,000 GBP
182
STEFANO DELLA BELLA
Florence 1610 - 1664
CARICATURE: FEMALE OCCUPATIONS
Pen and brown ink and grey wash, over black chalk
165 by 260 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Sotheby's, 19 February 1930, part of lot 83; Acquired from Hans Calmann, 1941
9,000 GBP
183
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
ATHENS: THE TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS, FROM THE SOUTH
Watercolour and pencil
235 by 370 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
2,000 GBP
184
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
THE ODEON OF HERODIUS ATTICUS, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ACROPOLIS
Watercolour and pencil, on two joined sheets
280 by 480 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
6,000 GBP
185
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
THE EAST FRONT OF THE PARTHENON
Watercolour and pencil; bears inscription: too deep
270 by 420 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no 432; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 427; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 121
6,000 GBP
186
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
VIEW OF A CAVERN
Watercolour and pencil; inscribed: Interieur d'une grotte près la Métairie dans chemin d'Athènes au cap Colonne
250 by 390 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired August 1936
3,000 GBP
187
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
ATHENS: THE TEMPLE OF OLYMPIAN ZEUS, FROM THE NORTH
Watercolour and pencil
255 by 405 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
2,000 GBP
188
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
A COLUMN, POSSIBLY THE COLUMN OF APHRODITE AT AEGINA
Watercolour and pencil; bears inscription: restitué par Fauvel d'après les ruins
385 by 305 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
4,000 GBP
189
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
A RUINED ARCH OF BRICK, PARTLY COVERED WITH MARBLE, WITH A MOSQUE IN THE DISTANCE
Watercolour and pencil; signed and dated: Fauvel 1793
260 by 410 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
4,500 GBP
190
LOUIS FRANÇOIS SÉBASTIEN FAUVEL
Clermont-en-Beauvaisis 1753 - 1838 Smyrna
THE TEMPLE OF APOLLO AT BASSAE
Pen and grey ink and watercolour
210 by 345 mm
PROVENANCE: Stephen Hawkins; Acquired in 1936
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, Landscapes in French Art, 1950, no. 442
3,500 GBP
191
EDMÉ BOUCHARDON
Chaumont 1698 - 1762 Paris
DESIGN FOR A COVERED VASE WITH GADROONED BODY
Red chalk
232 by 161 mm
PROVENANCE: F.J.C. Holdsworth, Widdicombe House, Kingsbridge, Devon; sale, Christie's, 24 May 1921, lot 12
EXHIBITED: London, Matthiesen Gallery, French Drawings, 1950, no. 2; London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 343
3,000 GBP
192
EDMÉ BOUCHARDON
Chaumont 1698 - 1762 Paris
DESIGN FOR A COVERED VASE
Red chalk
223 by 163 mm
PROVENANCE: F.J.C. Holdsworth, Widdicombe House, Kingsbridge, Devon; sale, Christie's, 24 May 1921, lot 12
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 339
3,000 GBP
193
JAN DE BISSCHOP
Amsterdam 1628 - 1671 The Hague
A HILLSIDE AND TREES
Pen and brown ink and wash, within brown ink framing lines; inscribed: Buyten den Haegh bij Dorpen Laen
102 by 155 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Foster's, 23 October 1929; Acquired from Crook
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 437
3,000 GBP
194
JAN DE BISSCHOP
Amsterdam 1628 - 1671 The Hague
A VILLA BY A WOOD
Pen and brown ink and wash
120 by 210 mm
PROVENANCE: L. G. Duke; sale, Robinson and Fisher, 5 October 1933, lot 70
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 492 Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 105
3,000 GBP
195
JAN DE BISSCHOP
Amsterdam 1628 - 1671 The Hague
A FIGURE IN A SUNLIT WOOD
Pen and brown ink and wash; inscribed, verso: Tot Ryswyk
156 by 102 mm
PROVENANCE: Francis Place; P. Allen Fraser; From the Barlow book; Acquired 1931
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 436
6,000 GBP
196
DUTCH SCHOOL, 1612(?)
'MR CARELESS' SITTING BEFORE THE FIRE
Black chalk, brown and grey wash heightened with white, the outlines incised; dated(?): 1612
235 by 190 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Peter Lely (L. 2092); Sir Thomas Lawrence (L. 2445); J. Gray; sale, Sotheby's, 21 July 1948, lot 38; Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 413; Ottawa, The National Gallery of Canada, Exhibition of Works from Paul Oppé Collection, 1961, no. 99
18,000 GBP
197
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI ANTONIO FUMIANI
Venice circa 1645 - 1710
DESIGN FOR A CEILING: THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk
168 by 141 mm
PROVENANCE: G. Vallardi (L. 1223); P. Davidsohn (L. 654); Acquired in 1920
1,500 GBP
198
ATTRIBUTED TO GIOVANNI BATTISTA LENARDI
Rome 1656 - 1704
DESIGN FOR THE REAR OF A CHARIOT
Pen and brown ink and wash, over black chalk; bears inscription: Ciro ferri
269 by 181 mm
PROVENANCE: Sale, Robinson & Fisher, 20 May 1921, lot 86
2,500 GBP
199
CIRCLE OF PIETRO BUONACCORSI, CALLED PERINO DEL VAGA
Florence 1501 - 1547 Rome
FRAGMENTS OF ORNAMENTS
Pen and brown ink and wash
105 by 205 mm
PROVENANCE: Sir Joshua Reynold (L. 2364); T. Banks (L. 2464); Sir Edward Poynter; Acquired in 1921
EXHIBITED: London, Royal Academy, The Paul Oppé Collection, 1958, no. 445
800 GBP
200
JOHAN VAN HELL
Amsterdam 1889 - 1952
A SIBERIAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, WITH A MAN SEATED
Pencil; signed and dated: H. 20
88 by 110 mm
PROVENANCE: Gift from the artist, 1928
70 GBP
201
BOLOGNESE SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY
RECTO: A SHEPHERD IN A WIDE HAT VERSO: STUDIES FOR A SEATED FEMALE FIGURE
Red and black chalk (recto) and pen and brown ink (verso)
211 by 282mm
PROVENANCE: Lord Northwick; sale, Sotheby's, 24 November 1919
300 GBP
202
ANTONIO MANCINI
Rome 1852 - 1930
THREE PORTRAITS
Head of a woman: blue chalk; signed 'A Mancini' Head of a woman: red chalk; signed 'A Mancini' Head of a man: pastel, oval
395 by 260 mm 360 by 260 mm 245 by 265 mm
PROVENANCE: Norton; sale, Sotheby's, 22 July 1919, lot 235
4,000 GBP
203
AUGUSTE RODIN
Paris 1840 - 1917 Meudon
A CAMBODIAN DANCER
Point of the brush and pink and yellowish wash, over graphite
310 by 240 mm
PROVENANCE: Acquired from Hans Calmann, 25 March 1938
EXHIBITED: London, Matthiesen's Gallery, French Drawings, 1938, no. 142; London, Arts Council, French Drawings from Fouquet to Gauguin, 1952, no. 141
18,000 GBP
204
GERHART FRANKL
Vienna 1901 - 1965
HORN'S COPSE: WOODLAND
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk; bears inscription, lower left: for Paul A. Oppé. and signed, dated and inscribed, lower right: Gerh Frankl 40 / Horn's Copse
374 by 554mm
1,200 GBP
205
GERHART FRANKL
Vienna 1901 - 1965
NEAR BANKS, RAVENSTONDALE, WESTMORLAND
Pen and brown ink and wash over chalk; signed and dated, lower left: Gerh Frankl 39
380 by 561mm
1,200 GBP
206
BRITISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1820
CAERNARVON CASTLE BY MOONLIGHT
Watercolour and gouache
365 by 475mm
1,200 GBP