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

The head of a man

Pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, circular, made up at the top
0 cm - 10.5 cm (0 in - 4.13 in)
Lot: # 72

An allegory, with three figures holding scrolls and Faith, Hope and Charity (recto); Studies of dancing figures (verso)

Chalk grey wash, partially indented for transfer (recto); black chalk (verso), the verso lightly blackened for transfer
35.2 cm - 45.2 cm (13.86 in - 17.8 in)
Lot: # 76

A bishop saint holding a crozier and a bible

Pen and brown ink
19.1 cm - 9.5 cm (7.52 in - 3.74 in)
Lot: # 78

The poet Virgil suspended in a basket

Chalk pen and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white
21.4 cm - 29.7 cm (8.43 in - 11.69 in)
Lot: # 82

Figures surrounding an obelisk and studies of allegorical figures (recto)

Pen and brown ink, brown-grey and red wash (recto); pen and brown ink, grey wash (verso), watermark monogram ZC (?), upper right corner cut
12.5 cm - 25.7 cm (4.92 in - 10.12 in)
Lot: # 83

Studies of a ship with crew raising anchors

Chalk countermark B
26.9 cm - 17.3 cm (10.59 in - 6.81 in)
Lot: # 87

King Solomon with his entourage

Chalk on prepared vellum
30.8 cm - 22.3 cm (12.13 in - 8.78 in)
Lot: # 88

A vision of Saint Jerome

Pen and brown ink, brown ink framing lines
15.2 cm - 17.8 cm (5.98 in - 7.01 in)
Lot: # 90

A river landscape with fishermen in boats

Chalk brown ink framing lines
8.7 cm - 13.9 cm (3.43 in - 5.47 in)
Lot: # 92

The Sankt Aposteln basilica, Cologne, seen from the North (recto); A partial study of the same (verso)

Chalk brown and grey wash, brown ink framing lines, Strasburg lily with letters WR (recto); black chalk (verso)
36.6 cm - 26 cm (14.41 in - 10.24 in)
Lot: # 93

An English frigate firing a salute in crowded waters

Chalk pen and brown ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark JKool with grapes and a rooster
25.4 cm - 34.9 cm (10 in - 13.74 in)
Lot: # 94

A wooded landscape with a horse cart on the left and a ruin in the background

Chalk pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, brown ink framing lines
24.7 cm - 31.4 cm (9.72 in - 12.36 in)
Lot: # 95

A naval battle

Chalk pen and black ink, grey wash, black ink framing lines
14.3 cm - 19.5 cm (5.63 in - 7.68 in)
Lot: # 96

Sheep in a wooded landscape with peasants in the background

Chalk pen and brown and black ink, watercolour, brown ink framing lines
22 cm - 28 cm (8.66 in - 11.02 in)
Lot: # 97

Cherries, pears and apricots in a porcelain dish on a stone ledge

Graphite watercolour, bodycolour and gum Arabic on vellum
22.9 cm - 33 cm (9.02 in - 12.99 in)
Lot: # 98

A tulip

Chalk bodycolour on white prepared vellum
33.7 cm - 22.4 cm (13.27 in - 8.82 in)
Lot: # 100

A waxwing (Bombycilla)

Watercolor bodycolour, gum Arabic, fragmentary watermark foolscap
0 cm - 15.6 cm (0 in - 6.14 in)
Lot: # 101

An angel with crossed arms

Chalk and touches of white chalk, the upper left corner cut and partially made up
18.3 cm - 16.5 cm (7.2 in - 6.5 in)
Lot: # 109

A young man, bust-length, looking to the right

Chalk on light brown paper
9.1 cm - 9.8 cm (3.58 in - 3.86 in)
Lot: # 111

The supplication of Saint James

Chalk pen and brown ink, brown wash
22 cm - 17 cm (8.66 in - 6.69 in)
Lot: # 113