Old Master & British Drawings & Watercolours , #10713

  • London, South Kensington , United Kingdom
  • Christie's | Dec 08 2015 , Dec 08 2015
  • Total lots estimates: £370,000 - £544,900
  • Sale total: £772,848
  • % Lots Sold: 100.00%
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Antique Types

Study of a male nude, half length, looking to the right

Chalk watermark encircled anchor
21.3 cm - 19.3 cm (8.39 in - 7.6 in)
Lot: # 39

The Virgin and Child with the infant Saint John the Baptist

Chalk heightened with white on light brown paper
28.4 cm - 20 cm (11.18 in - 7.87 in)
Lot: # 43

A coastal landscape with a fortified town to the left, and mountains in the background

Chalk black and red chalk, pen and brown ink, watercolour and bodycolour on two attached sheets, laid down on canvas
26.1 cm - 58.2 cm (10.28 in - 22.91 in)
Lot: # 45

A view of Lake Albano with Castel Gandolfo to the left and travellers in the foreground

Chalk watercolour, gum Arabic, watermark figure
38 cm - 53.9 cm (14.96 in - 21.22 in)
Lot: # 46

TWO VERY LARGE CONFECTIONER'S COPPER SUGAR BOWLS

Bowl, basins & baskets
34 cm - cm (13.39 in - 0 in)
Lot: # 47

A queen consigned to hell by avenging angels

Pen and brown ink, grey wash, on light brown prepared paper
27.6 cm - 34.5 cm (10.87 in - 13.58 in)
Lot: # 47

An Italian seaport

Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash heightened with white, watermark D & I Blauw
45.2 cm - 37.8 cm (17.8 in - 14.88 in)
Lot: # 48

A singer with two musicians

Pencil and brown wash heightened with white
18.7 cm - 27.3 cm (7.36 in - 10.75 in)
Lot: # 49

Hagar and the angel

Chalk pen and brown ink, brown wash
15 cm - 20.3 cm (5.91 in - 7.99 in)
Lot: # 50

Design for a nobleman’s crest with two alternative options, with and without a coronet

Chalk pen and brown ink, brown wash
31.2 cm - 20.8 cm (12.28 in - 8.19 in)
Lot: # 54

A capriccio with a temple on the left and a triumphal arch in the background

Chalk pen and black ink, brown and grey wash, countermark R
27.5 cm - 20.3 cm (10.83 in - 7.99 in)
Lot: # 57

View of an island on the Tiber

Chalk pen and brown ink, grey wash
13.8 cm - 20.4 cm (5.43 in - 8.03 in)
Lot: # 58

Design for the ceiling of the Grand Ballroom of the Stroganov Palace in Saint Petersburg

Chalk pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash, lightly and tightly squared in black chalk, countermark IV (1); pencil, pen and black ink, grey wash (2)
28.2 cm - 37.5 cm (11.1 in - 14.76 in)
Lot: # 60

A view of Rome from Monte Mario, behind S. Maria del Rosario and the via Trionfale

Chalk and watercolour
24.6 cm - 36.8 cm (9.69 in - 14.49 in)
Lot: # 63

An altarpiece showing the apparition of the Virgin to Saint Francis, in an architectural frame

Chalk pen and brown ink, brown wash
30.2 cm - 24.6 cm (11.89 in - 9.69 in)
Lot: # 64

Three draped figures

Chalk
29.7 cm - 22.4 cm (11.69 in - 8.82 in)
Lot: # 66

The Infant Christ lying on a Cross, his right hand resting on a skull

Chalk
10 cm - 14.4 cm (3.94 in - 5.67 in)
Lot: # 67

Putti holding a martyr's palm and flowers

Chalk
9.4 cm - 11.5 cm (3.7 in - 4.53 in)
Lot: # 68

A kneeling putto with his arms spread

Chalk
31.2 cm - 23.6 cm (12.28 in - 9.29 in)
Lot: # 69

Studies of four heads

Chalk pen and brown ink, partial watermark cross (?) in a circle
21.7 cm - 15.7 cm (8.54 in - 6.18 in)
Lot: # 71