Bonhams London

23 October 2019 Old Master Paintings


Works in the auction

2
School of Valencia
The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist

3
Emilian School
Christ on the road to Calvary

5
Circle of Giorgio Vasari
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and Saint Elizabeth

8
Anthony Jansz. van der Croos
A view of the village of Wateringen

11
Pieter Jansz. van Asch
A wooded landscape with drovers and cattle


12
Follower of Hendrick van Balen
Cimon and Iphigenia

13
Circle of Joseph van Bredael
A riverside village with figures in a ferry

17
Italian School
Saint Roch and the angel

18
After Nicolas Poussin
The Finding of Moses

19
Francesco Antonio Simonini
Two mounted figures


21
Attributed to Francesco Fidanza
A rocky coastal landscape with figures fleeing from stormy waters

24
Attributed to William Aikman
Portrait of a member of the Cathcart family, half-length, wearing a red coat over an armoured breastplate

27
Attributed to George Knapton
Portrait of Ambrose Isted of Ecton, Northamptonshire, half-length, in a brown coat with gold trim

35
Studio of Guido Reni
The Penitent Magdalen

37
Douwe Juwes de Douwe
Portrait of a boy and girl as Granida and Daifilo, in a landscape


38
English School
Portrait of Henry IV, half-length, holding a sceptre and a rose

39
English School
Portrait of Henry V, half-length, in a fur-trimmed tabard and jewelled chain

40
Jacques Courtois
A cavalry skirmish

42
Bolognese School
The Madonna and Child with Saint Anthony of Padua

50
After Dirck Hals
A merry company smoking and drinking in an interior


51
Circle of Jacobus Buys
Huntsmen smoking in an interior with a dog

53
Isaac van Nickelen
Interior of Saint Bavo, Haarlem

56
Klaes Molenaer
A winter landscape with figures on a frozen waterway

57
Attributed to Jan Vincentsz. van der Vinne
A drover with his flock crossing a river

58
Cornelis Gerritsz. Decker
A river landscape with a fisherman before a cottage


59
Abraham de Ryp
Figures beside a river with a church beyond

60
Attributed to Lucas Gassel
The Return of the Prodigal Son

62
Circle of Quentin Massys
The Pietà

66
Niels Rode
Portrait of a young girl, full-length, seated, holding a rattle

67
Vincent Malo the Elder
Venus in the forge of Vulcan


69
Neapolitan School
Orpheus and Eurydice

71
After Peter Paul Rubens
The Madonna and Child

74
After Sir Peter Paul Rubens
The Return of the Holy Family from Egypt

75
Antwerp School
The Annunciation

76
Attributed to Sebastian Vrancx
Bandits in a rocky landscape


77
Follower of Jan van Scorel
Saint Sebastian

78
Flemish School
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in black costume with a white collar

79
German School
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a black coat

84
Johann Christian Vollerdt
A river landscape with figures before ruins

86
Manner of David Teniers the Younger
A figure smoking a pipe in a barn interior


88
Attributed to Giovanni Battista Vanni
Love Triumphant

89
Follower of Luis de Morales
Ecce Homo

91
Circle of Giuseppe Cesari
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife

93
Paolo de Matteis
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and attendant putti

94
Attributed to Jan Joost van Cossiau
An extensive classical Italianate landscape with figures by a river, a town beyond


95
Circle of Orazio Borgianni
Saint Gregory the Great

96
Balthasar van den Bossche
The Sculptor's Studio

97
Prague School
Venus in the forge of Vulcan

102
After Peter Paul Rubens
Saint Cecilia

104
Circle of Pieter Casteels III
Poppies, chrysanthemums, roses and other flowers in a basket on a stone ledge


108
John Wootton
Drovers resting in an Italianate landscape

112
After Nicolas Poussin
The Holy Family

117
Pietro Bardellino
The Madonna and Child

118
Studio of Peter Paul Rubens
Diana and Callisto

119
English School
Portrait of Henry VII, bust-length, in ermine trimmed costume


126
Attributed to Johann Friedrich August Tischbein
Portrait of a boy, half-length, in military costume

127
John Downman
Portrait of Master Twisden, three-quarter-length, in a blue coat, with a white collar, beside a whippet, holding a hat, in a landscape

130
George Morland
The Bell Inn

131
Robert Freebairn
An Italian landscape with monks

132
James Ward
The Haymakers


134
Francis Cotes
Portrait of Lady Fortescue, seated, half-length, in a white silk dress before a red curtain

135
English School
Elegant company in the grounds of an English country house

136
Matthew William Peters
Lydia

140
German School
Christ on the road to Calvary

141
After Cristofano Allori
Saint Catherine of Siena


143
* de Gruyter (active Rotterdam, 17th Century)
Interior of the Groote Kerk, Rotterdam

144
Dutch School
Portrait of Thomas, 2nd son of Thomas Keightley, three-quarter-length, in black costume

145
Antonie de Lorme
A church interior with elegant figures

148
Jacopo Vignali
Saint James the Greater

150
Pieter Casteels III
A basket of tulips, roses, poppies and other flowers on a stone ledge with peaches and grapes in the foreground


150
Pieter Casteels III
Melons, grapes and peaches before a stone ledge and a bronze urn filled with chrysanthemums, roses, tulips and other flowers

153
English School
Portrait of a lady, said to be Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Martin

154
Studio of Peter Paul Rubens
King David playing the harp

155
German School
Portrait of Agnes Elizabeth Grafin du Stolberg (1600 – 1651)

156
Attributed to Lodewijk de Vadder
A wooded landscape with huntsmen and their dogs on a track


157
Attributed to Frans Breydel
Bandits ambushing a carriage on a country track

158
Circle of David Teniers the Younger
A drover with his herd in a rocky landscape

160
Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade
A peasant woman

161
Dutch School
Portrait of Erick Dimmer and three other figures, all bust-length

162
Dutch School
Portrait of a boy, half-length, in a green coat holding flowers


163
Circle of Peter Paul Rubens
Christ in the house of Simon the Pharisee

164
Circle of Cornelis van der Voort
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in black costume with a white collar and headdress

165
Circle of Ferdinand van Kessel the Elder
A musical gathering of cats

166
Alida Withoos
Tulips, chrysanthemums, honeysuckle, convolvulus and other flowers

169
Nicolaes Berchem
Peasants milking goats at dusk


170
After Gabriel Metsu
A gentleman writing a letter at a draped table in an interior

171
Abraham Hendricksz. van Beijeren
Grapes and a peeled lemon in a basket with bread, dressed crab and a roemer of wine on pewter plates, together with a gilt cup and cover, and a pewter flagon upon a draped table-top

173
Giovanni Battista Vanni
The Madonna and Child with an angel

174
William Sartorius
Peaches, pears and grapes in a basket with a melon and a monkey on a stone ledge

175
Attributed to Mather Brown
Portrait of Lieutenant-General Richard England, half-length, in military uniform


176
James Ward
A sheep and a shorn fleece

177
Lemuel Francis Abbott
Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Elizabeth, wife of Bishop Andrew Downe, three-quarter-length, seated in a blue dress

179
John Collet
Tight lacing, or, Fashion before ease

179
John Collet
The Triple Plea

181
Joachim Franz Beich
A figure on horseback with a drover in a stormy landscape


182
Attributed to Emilio Burci
The interior of the Camposanto of Pisa

183
American School
Huntsmen in an extensive landscape with water buffalo, ducks and herons

184
Circle of Gerard Hoet the Elder
Venus and Adonis

185
French School
Portrait of a boy, in a white shirt and looking over his shoulder

186
Alida Withoos
Roses, lilies, daisies and other flowers in a vase


188
German School
Two hanging dead partridges

189
After Jan Mortel
Peaches, plums and grapes with ears of corn hanging above a forest floor

190
Studio of David Teniers the Younger
A concert of cats with monkeys and an owl

191
Circle of Benjamin West
Portrait of a gentleman and a young boy, possibly members of the Littleton family, three-quarter-length, seated before a landscape

193
English School
Portrait of an artist


194
Circle of Daniel Gardner
Portrait of a gentleman, three-quarter-length, in a blue coat and a buff waistcoat

195
Circle of Jan Anthonisz. van Ravesteyn
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, in black costume and white ruff

196
Attributed to Antonie de Lorme
Elegant figures in a church interior

198
Francis Wheatley
A farmyard scene with horse and cart and pigs

199
Attributed to Jacopo Palma il Vecchio
Study of three heads


201
Paolo Veronese
A drapery study

202
Attributed to Jacob de Wit
Two putti

204
Italian School
The Aldobrandini Wedding

206
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Figures in an architectural capriccio

207
Circle of François Boucher
Study of the head of a man


208
John Varley
View across fields to Box Hill, Surrey

209
John Varley
A walled pond, Polesdon Lacey

210
John Varley
Sportsmen on a track among trees

211
John Varley
A boy driving sheep past a gatehouse, Polesdon Lacey

212
John Varley
Figures by a gatehouse


213
John Varley
Figures by a gatehouse

214
John Varley
A view of the south front of Polesdon Lacey, Surrey

215
John Varley
View of Polesdon Lacey from parkland with shepherds and sheep in the foreground

216
John Varley
A country house seen from the park with figures in the foreground

217
John Sell Cotman
A river landscape with a ruined castle


218
George Romney
Study for figures

218
George Romney
Study

218
George Romney
Study

218
George Romney
Study

219
John Sell Cotman
On the River Wye at Chepstow


220
John Sell Cotman
Chepstow Castle

221
Peter de Wint
Windsor and Eton

225
Paul Sandby
A cabbage net vendor