Bonhams London

23 October 2019 Old Master Paintings


Works in the auction

1
Circle of Corneille de Lyon
Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a black dress with pearl headdress

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

3
Emilian School
Christ on the road to Calvary

4
After Vincenzo Camuccini
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple

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


6
After Andrea del Sarto
The Madonna and Child with Saint Elizabeth and the Infant Saint John the Baptist with attendant angels

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


25
Circle of Joseph Highmore
Portrait of a girl, traditionally said to be a member of the Haddock family, three-quarter-length, in a white dress, holding a flower

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

41
Circle of Justus Sustermans
Portrait of a lady, bust-length, wearing a pearl earring and jewels in her hair

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

47
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay
Lilies, chrysanthemums, roses and other flowers in a bronze urn on a marble ledge


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

52
Gerard Hoet the Younger
An elegant company smoking and drinking outside an inn

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


65
Attributed to Johann Peter Wenzel
A tiger and a lion fight over a fawn

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

70
After Govaert Flinck
Portrait of a gentleman, bust-length, in a beret and red cape


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

83
Flemish School
Figures gardening

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

92
Attributed to Guillaume Desire Joseph Descamps
Venus leading Helen to Paris

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

114
Attributed to Giuseppe Romani
An extensive rocky river landscape with soldiers resting in the foreground

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

133
French School
The Adoration

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

138
After Francesco Vanni
Return from the Flight into Egypt

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

159
Circle of Christoffel Jacobsz. van der Lamen
Elegant figures dining and making music in a 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

168
Studio of Otto Marseus van Schrieck
Forest floor still life with butterflies and a lizard


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


180
Circle of Andrea Appiani
An allegory of the infant Napoleon

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

187
Circle of Noel Halle
An interior with a mother and her children

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


203
Studio of Peter Paul Rubens
The Madonna and Child with Saints

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