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OLD MASTER PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 December 2015 OLD MASTER PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 December 2015 BONHAMS OLD MASTERS DEPARTMENT Andrew McKenzie Caroline Oliphant Brian Koetser Director, Head of Department, Group Head of Pictures Consultant, London London London London – – – Lisa Greaves Archie Parker Poppy Harvey-Jones Department Director Senior Specialist Junior Specialist London London London – – – Alexandra Frost Mark Fisher Madalina Lazen Administrator, Director, European Paintings, Senior Specialist, European Paintings Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, London Los Angeles New York Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Matthew Girling CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, – – – +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Leslie, Veronique Scorer, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Ralph Taylor, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant. David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS Wednesday 9 December 2015, at 2pm 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING BIDS ENQUIRIES CUSTOMER SERVICES Monday 30 November +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Specialists Monday to Friday 9am - 4.30pm +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Andrew McKenzie 8.30 to 18.00 +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Tuesday 1 December To bid via the internet please visit +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 www.bonhams.com [email protected] 9am - 12pm Please see back of catalogue Wednesday 2 December Bidding by telephone will only be Caroline Oliphant for important notice to bidders 9am - 7pm accepted on lots with a lower +44 (0) 20 7468 8271 Thursday 3 December estimate in excess of £1,000. [email protected] ILLUSTRATIONS 9am - 7pm Front cover: lot 79 Friday 4 December Please note that bids should be Lisa Greaves Back cover: lot 41 (detail) 9am - 7pm submitted no later than 4pm on +44 (0) 20 7468 8325 Inside front cover: lot 99 & 36 the day prior to the sale. New [email protected] Inside back cover: lot 39 & 59 (detail) Saturday 5 December bidders must also provide proof 9am - 12pm restricted viewing of identity when submitting bids. Archie Parker IMPORTANT INFORMATION 12pm - 1pm no viewing Failure to do this may result in +44 (0) 20 7468 5877 The United States 1pm - 5pm restricted viewing your bid not being processed. [email protected] Sunday 6 December Government has banned the import of ivory into the No viewing Poppy Harvey-Jones Live online bidding is USA. Lots containing ivory are +44 (0) 20 7468 8308 Monday 7 December available for this sale indicated by the symbol poppy.harvey-jones@bonhams. Ф 9am - 4.30pm Please email [email protected] printed beside the lot number com Tuesday 8 December with ‘live bidding’ in the subject in this catalogue. 9am - 4.30pm line 48 hours before the auction Alexandra Frost to register for this service. Wednesday 9 December +44 (0) 20 7468 8307 9am - 12pm [email protected] SALE NUMBER Consultant 22645 Brian Koetser Global Director CATALOGUE Picture Sales £25.00 Jonathan Horwich +44 (0) 20 7468 8280 [email protected] Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Antony Bennett, Matthew Bradbury, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Lucinda Bredin, Harvey Cammell, Simon Cottle, Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Matthew Girling CEO, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Leslie, Veronique Scorer, James Stratton, Roger Tappin, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, Jonathan Horwich, Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Ralph Taylor, Shahin Virani, David Williams, James Knight, Caroline Oliphant. David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. Central Middlesex Hospital SALE Park Royal INFORMATION Coronation Road W Bonhams, e d s P t Park Royal a e a rn r o A k R v e R e s A4 o 0 a y Park a h l C Royal Western Ave A40 R o 0 Station a 0 d Acton 0 4 Cemetery North A Acton d Station a o R a i r o t c i V Bids All other sold lots will remain in Address: IMPORTANT NOTICE +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 the collections Department at West ParkActon Royal Warehouse A surchargeHorn Lane of 2% is applicable +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax New Bond Street without StationUnit 1, Sovereign Park when using Mastercard, Visa [email protected] charge until 5.30pm Monday 11 Coronation Road, Park Royal and overseas debit cards. January 2016. Lots not London NW10 7QP Payments collected by then will be Tel: +44 (0) 87 0811 3867 The following symbol is used to Buyers returned to the department. Hours of opening 9.30am denote that VAT is due on the +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Storage charges may apply -4.30pm Monday to Friday only. hammer price and buyer’s +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax premium Handling and storage Lots may be released from Sellers charges Bonhams warehouse on † VAT 20% on hammer price Payment of sale proceeds The charges levied by production of the Collection and buyer’s premium +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Bonhams are as follows: Order obtained from cashiers +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax office at Bonhams, * VAT on imported items at a All lots marked with W Knightsbridge or New Bond preferential rate of 5% on Valuations, taxation and Street and a form of hammer price and the prevailing heritage Transfer per lot £20.00 photographic ID. If a third party rate on buyer’s premium +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 Daily storage per lot £3.40 is collecting on behalf of a +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax client, the client must provide W These lots will be removed to [email protected] All other objects Bonhams with written authority Bonhams Park Royal after the prior to collection. The third sale. Please read the sale Catalogue subscriptions Transfer per lot £10.00 party must present a information page for more To obtain any Bonhams Daily storage per lot £1.70 photographic form of ID when details. catalogue or collecting. to take out an annual All the above charges are VAT refunds on exports from subscription: exclusive of VAT. Payment in advance the EU Subscriptions Department Tel: +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 To submit a claim for refund of +44 (0) 1666 502200 to ascertain amount due by: VAT HMRC require lots to be +44 (0) 1666 505107 fax cash, cheque with banker’s exported from the EU within [email protected] card, credit card, or strict deadlines. traveller’s cheque. Shipping For lots on which Import VAT For information and estimates Please note that Bonhams has been charged; marked in on domestic and international will be closed from 1pm the catalogue with a * or Ω, lots shipping as well as export Thursday 24 December 2015 must be exported within 30 licenses please contact & reopen at 9am Monday 4 days of Bonhams’ receipt of Bonhams Shipping January 2016. payment and within 3 months of Department on: the sale date. For all other lots +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 Payment at time of collection export must take place within 3 +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 By credit card / debit card months of the sale date. +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax [email protected] For further VAT information please contact: Collection and Storage [email protected] after sale Sold lots marked with ‘W’ will be transferred to Bonhams warehouse at Park Royal from 5pm the day of the sale & will be available for collection from 9.30am Friday 11 December 2015. These lots will be subject to transfer and storage charges from Monday 11 January 2016. 1 GERMAN SCHOOL, EARLY 16TH CENTURY Provenance Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a red hat Purchased by the present owner’s uncle in the 1960s/70s bears inscription ‘Albert Durer’ (on the mount) and ‘portrait d’Albert Durer Ne a Nuremburg en 1471 mort en 1528/ Dessine par Lui. It has been suggested that the present composition is comparable to De la Collection de Le Grand architect de Merite Moch a la fin de the work of the Augsburg Malerbildnisse (see: F. Winkler, Augsburger L’anne 1807’ (on the reverse of mount) Malerbildnisse der Dürerzeit, Berlin, 1948). black chalk, watercolour (possibly later additions) 28 x 20.5cm (11 x 8 1/16in). £4,000 - 6,000 €5,600 - 8,400 US$6,100 - 9,200 OLD MASTER PAINTINGS | 7 2 JOHN RUSSELL (GUILDFORD 1745-1806 HULL) Provenance Portrait of Percy Gore, three-quarter length, Private Collection, France, where purchased by the in a white dress, seated before a landscape present owner in 1989 signed and dated ‘JRussell F**t/1794’ (on stone ledge, lower right) pastel with touches of gouache on paper Percy, daughter of Col. G. Gore, Lieutenant-Governor of Grenada, 90.6 x 70.5cm (35 11/16 x 27 3/4in). married William Currie (1756-1829), MP to Gatton and Winchelsea, of East Horsley Park, Surrey in 1794.
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