Bonhams London

9 December 2015 Old Master Paintings


Works in the auction

1
German School
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a red hat

2
John Russell
Portrait of Percy Gore, three-quarter length, in a white dress, seated before a landscape

4
Guercino
A seated woman in profile, facing right

5
Giuseppe Bernardino Bison
Study of a bearded, turbaned man

9
John Constable
The Church of Saint Mary-ad-Murum, Colchester


10
Circle of Adriaen Thomasz. Key
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in black with a white ruff and a silver chain

11
English School
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I

12
James Seymour
Flying Childers, the Duke of Devonshire

13
William Hodges
A mountainous river landscape with a fisherman hauling in his nets

14
Francis Cotes
Portrait of Elizabeth Burdett, half-length, with pearl earrings and necklace, wearing a gold décolleté dress embroidered with flowers, her waist tied with a sash beneath a turquoise gown trimmed with ermine


15
George Morland
The Dram

16
James Ward
Faggot gatherers in a winter landscape

17
Thomas Gainsborough
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in officer's uniform, within a painted cartouche

18
Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of Samuel Jackson Pratt

19
Thomas Lawrence
Portrait of The Hon. Mrs John George Montagu, half-length


20
Joseph Highmore
Portrait of Dr Richard Myddleton Massey, bust-length, in a blue coat with white fur trim and a red and white cap and stock

21
John Michael Wright
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a grey cloak

23
Albert Meyering
An Arcadian river landscape with travellers on a path

24
Isaac Ouwater
The Amsterdamse Poort, Haarlem

25
Circle of Lavinia Fontana
Portrait of a noble lady, three-quarter length, in a white and gold embroidered dress


27
Esaias van de Velde
A mounted general addressing his troops

28
Studio of Sebastian Vrancx
Travellers ambushed on a snow-covered path

29
Theodore van Heil
A winter landscape with travellers in the foreground, a castle beside a river beyond

30
Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Younger
Carnations, jasmine and roses in a gilt tazza

32
Jacob Samuel Beck
Grapes, plums and other fruit on a stone ledge with a flask of wine and a draped green cloth


34
David Teniers the Younger
Villagers merry-making

36
Gysbrecht Leytens
A winter landscape travellers, a village beyond

37
Attributed to Adam Pynacker
Travellers on a bridge

38
Jacob Esselens
Horsemen on a beach buying fish with fishing boats beyond

39
Workshop of Jan Brueghel the Younger
Parrot tulips, irises, carnations and other flowers in a glass beaker on a wooden table-top with a sprig of rosemary, insects and a shell


41
Ambrosius Bosschaert the Younger
A rose, tulips, carnations and other flowers in a glass vase on a table-top with whitecurrants and a lizard

42
Willem Van Mieris
Portrait of a young man, bust-length, in blue and white, before a landscape

43
Dutch School
Portrait of a young gentleman, standing three-quarter-length, in grey with silver bows, holding a hat, beside a table draped with a red cloth

44
Circle of Karel van Mander III
Portrait of a gentleman, possibly King Christian IV of Denmark, standing full-length in black, beside a table draped with a red cloth

45
Studio of Antonio Joli
Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore, with the Isola Madre in the distance


47
Lemuel Francis Abbott
Portrait of Henry Callender standing full-length in a landscape in the attire of Captain General of the Blackheath Golf Club, holding a wooden headed spoon with a metal headed blade putter by his side

49
Studio of Rachel Ruysch
Roses, a tulip, a poppy, nasturtiums, marigolds and other flowers in as vase, and a butterfly on a partly draped marble ledge

50
Elias van den Broeck
Tulips, morning glory, narcissi and other flowers in a glass vase on a stone ledge

51
Workshop of Mathieu Le Nain
Le Déjeuner Rustique

55
Florentine School
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple


58
Attributed to Giacomo Ceruti
Portrait of a priest, half-length, in black

60
Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of a wealthy merchant, half-length, seated in black costume

61
Benjamin Gerritsz. Cuyp
Tobit and his Son

62
Circle of Giulio Romano
Saint George and the Dragon

64
Flemish School
A church interior with figures and dogs before a chapel


65
Antonie de Lorme
A renaissance palace interior with elegant figures

66
Attributed to Gaspare Diziani
The Holy Family

67
Quiringh Gerritsz. van Brekelenkam
A kitchen interior with a family eating before a fire

68
Studio of Gerrit van Honthorst and Studio of Floris Gerritsz. van Schooten
A couple courting in a larder at a table laden with food and game

70
Filippo Lauri
A Bacchanale


71
Circle of Tomás Hiepes
Pomegranates, pears, apples, melons and other fruit

72
Flemish School
An upturned basket

72
Flemish School
An upturned bowl of peaches, plums, grapes and other fruit with a monkey on a table

73
English Follower of Canaletto
The Molo with the Biblioteca Marciana

74
Arcangelo di Jacopo del Sellaio
The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes


76
Pieter Claesz.
Pewter dishes of crabs and oysters with a tray of roemers and a basket of peaches and grapes

79
Johannes Cornelisz. Verspronck
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in black costume with a white lace collar and a black hat

80
Hendrik Jacobsz. Dubbels
A beach scene with small craft in a calm sea

81
Thomas Wyck
Figures cooking and cleaning in a courtyard

82
Apollonio Domenichini
The Rialto Bridge, Venice


82
Apollonio Domenichini
Piazza San Marco, Venice

83
Spanish School
Trompe lTrompe l

83
Spanish School
Trompe l'oeil with a painting attached to a wooden wall with a comb and letters held by a ribbon below

88
Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari
Joseph and Potiphar

89
Bolognese School
Polyphemus and Galatea


91
Jacobus Storck
A Mediterranean capriccio harbour scene

93
Attributed to Apollonio Domenichini
An extensive river landscape with ruins

96
Workshop of Frans Francken II
The Adoration of the Magi

98
Dutch School
Portrait of a boy, full-length

99
Antonio Joli
The Basilica of Saint Peter


100
Jan Wildens
An extensive river landscape with horsemen on a track and a shepherd with his flock in the distance

101
Jan Wildens
A mountainous landscape with huntsmen and their dogs beside a waterfall