Montpelier Street, London I 8 April 2020 Montpelier Street, Old Master Paintings Old Master Old Master Paintings I Montpelier Street, London I 8 April 2020 25925 Old Master Paintings Montpelier Street, London | Wednesday 8 April 2020, at 10.30am BONHAMS BIDS ENQUIRIES Please see back of catalogue Montpelier Street +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 [email protected] for important notice to bidders Knightsbridge +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax +44 (0) 20 7468 8308 London SW7 1HH [email protected] ILLUSTRATIONS www.bonhams.com To bid via the internet please visit SPECIALISTS Front cover: Lot 182 (detail) www.bonhams.com Andrew McKenzie Back cover: Lot 40 VIEWING +44 (0) 20 7468 8261 Sunday 5 April TELEPHONE BIDDING [email protected] IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11am to 3pm Bidding by telephone will only be The United States Government Monday 6 April accepted on lots with a low Caroline Oliphant has banned the import of ivory 9am to 4.30pm estimate in excess of £500. +44 (0) 20 7468 8271 into the USA. Lots containing Tuesday 7 April Condition reports are available [email protected] ivory are indicated by the symbol 9am to 4.30pm for lots with a lower estimate in Ф printed beside the lot number excess of £2500. Lisa Greaves in this catalogue. SALE NUMBER +44 (0) 20 7468 8325 Please note that bids should be [email protected] 25925 REGISTRATION submitted no later than 4pm on IMPORTANT NOTICE the day prior to the sale. New Poppy Harvey-Jones Please note that all customers, CATALOGUE bidders must also provide proof +44 (0) 20 7468 8308 irrespective of any previous activity £18 of identity when submitting bids. [email protected] with Bonhams, are required to Failure to do this may result in complete the Bidder Registration your bid not being processed. Bun Boisseau Form in advance of the sale. 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Shipping on +44 (0) 1582 493 099 from 9am Wednesday 29 April Payment at time of collection by: [email protected] 2020 where charges will apply. Please note that Cadogan cash, credit, or debit card Tate will be closed from 4.30pm Thursday 9 April 2020 until 9am Tuesday 14 April 2020 for the Easter Bank Holiday. 1 1 FLEMISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY Figures in costume oil on panel 43.2 x 92.2cm (17 x 36 5/16in). £3,000 - 5,000 €3,600 - 6,000 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. OLD MASTER PAINTINGS | 3 2 2 TP GODEFRIED BOCHOUTT (ACTIVE BRUGE, 1659-1666) Vanitas still life with a poem concerning the death of Charles I signed ‘Godtfrdes van Bochou**’ and extensively inscribed and dated ‘anno. 1668’ (on documents, lower right) oil on canvas 83 x 164cm (32 11/16 x 64 9/16in). £4,000 - 6,000 €4,800 - 7,200 Provenance Private Collection, Belgium, for at least 30 years According to the RKD, Fred Meijer confirmed the attribution to Bouchoutt (private communication with the owner, in 2006). 3 ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM AIKMAN (FORFAR 1682-1731 LONDON) Portrait of Lewis Gordon, 3rd Marquis of Huntly, bust-length within a painted oval bears inscription ‘LEWIS 3RD MARQUIS of HUNTLY’ (lower left) and signature ‘AIKMAN PINX’ (lower right) oil on canvas 75 x 62cm (29 1/2 x 24 7/16in). £2,000 - 3,000 €2,400 - 3,600 3 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot 4 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 4 4 HENDRICK BLOEMAERT (UTRECHT CIRCA 1601-1672) A fish seller oil on canvas 63.5 x 94cm (25 x 37in). £7,000 - 10,000 €8,400 - 12,000 Provenance Private Collection, The Netherlands, since the early 20th century The present work is comparable to Hendrick Bloemaert’s Boy Selling Farm Products, in which the same shepherd boy appears, now in a private collection (see: M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and His sons, Doornspijk, 1993, p. 507, cat. no. H.165, ill., H161). A similar work was offered in these rooms, 9 July 2014, lot 89. We are grateful to Prof. Marcel Roethlisberger for confirming the attribution to Hendrick Bloemaert upon examination of colour photographs. 5 GEORGE JAMESONE (ABERDEEN CIRCA 1589-1644) Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Mr Scott, bust- length, within a painted oval bears inscription ‘July.