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
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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)