Lot 8
Circle of Andries Cornelis Lens (1739-1822)
Lot 8 Details
Circle of Andries Cornelis Lens (1739-1822), Dutch
CORIOLANUS, HIS MOTHER VETURIA AND HIS WIFE VOLUMNIA, BELITTLING HIM TO GIVE UP WAR (SCENE FROM SHAKESPEARE, ACT V, SCENE III)
Pen and ink and watercolour wash on laid paper with D&C Blauw watermark within a coat of arms (Dirk and Cornelis Blauw, a weapon shield with letters and lily crest ornament), the sheet laid down to another later sheet verso; the sheet variously inscribed with the name "Lady F. Balfour" verso, given to a 17th Century Italian master: named "Gio. Guercino 1591-1666" to a typed label verso backing
Sheet 14.4 x 18.4 in — 36.5 x 46.8 cm
Estimate $3,000-$5,000
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Provenance:
"Lady F. Balfour" inscribed in pen and ink and pencil verso;
Ex Wellesley Collection inscribed to the label verso backing;
Ashbey's Galleries, Cape Town, SA;
From whom purchased by Ernesto Feu, Portuguese diplomat (working in Cape Town in the 1960's, who later resided in Toronto) on May 13, 1971, Cat. No. 75 as "Italian 17th Century" and given to "Gio Guercino" to the typed label verso backing;
Estate Collection, Toronto
Note:
The name De Erven de Blauw derives from an important family of Dutch papermakers who began making paper in 1621. The papermakers founded by Dirk and Cornelis Blauw operated five wind-powered papermills in the Zaanstreek province of North Holland, and survived for over 250 years under many names.