RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER DRAWINGS HELD ON JANUARY 25th 2006 IN NEW YORK
Sale N08161
Sale Total: 4,835,340 USD List of best results:
LOT 8
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS,Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash, silhouetted and laid down on two joined sheets, the composition completed on the backing sheet measurements:460 by 1132mm
Estimate 30,000—40,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 USD
LOT 9
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE VISIT OF CHARLES II TO THE TIGER: PASSING WOOLWICH AND SEVERAL OF THE KING'S SHIPS
Estimate 50,000—70,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 216,000 USD
measurements :304 by 1260mm; numbered in graphite upper edge left of center: no 7 and just to the right an indistinct inscription; further numbering in the right corner: 9; and above the latter in a later hand on an added sheet of paper: 9
Inscribed in ink upper center: het paseren van wollits ende eenige konings schepen die daer inde/ reviere laegen [the passing of Woolwich and several of the king's ships which lie there in the river] and underneath this, in graphite: ...W de groote
inscribed below left: [cut off] baersie [barge] and konigs baersie [the king's barge] and further to the right in graphite: de groote...
graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on four sheets of paper, a ruled framing line along the lower edge
LOT 13
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON THE BATTLE OF SOLEBAY
Estimate: 200,000—300,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 262,400 USD
measurements:343 by 2642mm, Inscribed in graphite in upper left corner: het zee gevecht tusschen de zee macht van zijne Konninglicke/ maeijesteit van engelant ende de hollantse pote nederlantse provincijen/ geschiet op pijnx ter dijnndach den 11 Junij 1672 nieuwen stijll [the sea battle between the navy of his royal majesty of England and the Holland leader [of the] dutch provinces that occurred on Pentecost Tuesday, 11 June 1672 in the new style] and with numerous inscriptions throughout identifying the ships and combatants
inscribed on the verso in graphite: gevecht van anno 1672 In Sollynysbaey and below sege 11 [erased 12] papieren ren? melcanderen van 5 vellen [fought in the year 1672 in Sole Bay][that is to say 11 [erased 12] papers attached to one another from 5 sheets] and in a later hand in ink: 1672 -- korsines? op een hooge orisont/ vou [1672 --? with a high horizon/ vou? (a name?)
numbered in a later hand in graphite, upper right corner, recto: 7 graphite and gray wash on seven joined sheets of paper
LOT 29
* HANS SPECKAERT 1530 - CIRCA 1577 ROME THE MARRIAGE OF TOBIAS AND SARAH, THEIR WEDDING NIGHT TO THE RIGHT
Estimate 25,000—35,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 90,000 USD
measurements note: 149 by 292mm
pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper
LOT 40
* BARTOLOMEO MONTAGNA ORZINUOVI CIRCA 1450 - 1523 VENICE THE BEHEADING OF ST. BLAISE
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 120,000 USD
measurements note 304 by 193mm; point of the brush and colored washes and pen and brown ink
RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER DRAWINGS HELD ON JANUARY 25th 2006 IN NEW YORK
Sale N08161
Sale Total: 4,835,340 USD List of best results:
LOT 8
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS,Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash, silhouetted and laid down on two joined sheets, the composition completed on the backing sheet measurements:460 by 1132mm
Estimate 30,000—40,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 108,000 USD
LOT 9
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON
THE VISIT OF CHARLES II TO THE TIGER: PASSING WOOLWICH AND SEVERAL OF THE KING'S SHIPS
Estimate 50,000—70,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 216,000 USD
measurements :304 by 1260mm; numbered in graphite upper edge left of center: no 7 and just to the right an indistinct inscription; further numbering in the right corner: 9; and above the latter in a later hand on an added sheet of paper: 9
Inscribed in ink upper center: het paseren van wollits ende eenige konings schepen die daer inde/ reviere laegen [the passing of Woolwich and several of the king's ships which lie there in the river] and underneath this, in graphite: ...W de groote
inscribed below left: [cut off] baersie [barge] and konigs baersie [the king's barge] and further to the right in graphite: de groote...
graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on four sheets of paper, a ruled framing line along the lower edge
LOT 13
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN, 2ND * WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER LEIDEN 1611 - 1693 LONDON THE BATTLE OF SOLEBAY
Estimate: 200,000—300,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 262,400 USD
measurements:343 by 2642mm, Inscribed in graphite in upper left corner: het zee gevecht tusschen de zee macht van zijne Konninglicke/ maeijesteit van engelant ende de hollantse pote nederlantse provincijen/ geschiet op pijnx ter dijnndach den 11 Junij 1672 nieuwen stijll [the sea battle between the navy of his royal majesty of England and the Holland leader [of the] dutch provinces that occurred on Pentecost Tuesday, 11 June 1672 in the new style] and with numerous inscriptions throughout identifying the ships and combatants
inscribed on the verso in graphite: gevecht van anno 1672 In Sollynysbaey and below sege 11 [erased 12] papieren ren? melcanderen van 5 vellen [fought in the year 1672 in Sole Bay][that is to say 11 [erased 12] papers attached to one another from 5 sheets] and in a later hand in ink: 1672 -- korsines? op een hooge orisont/ vou [1672 --? with a high horizon/ vou? (a name?)
numbered in a later hand in graphite, upper right corner, recto: 7 graphite and gray wash on seven joined sheets of paper
LOT 29
* HANS SPECKAERT 1530 - CIRCA 1577 ROME THE MARRIAGE OF TOBIAS AND SARAH, THEIR WEDDING NIGHT TO THE RIGHT
Estimate 25,000—35,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 90,000 USD
measurements note: 149 by 292mm
pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white, over traces of black chalk, on blue paper
LOT 40
* BARTOLOMEO MONTAGNA ORZINUOVI CIRCA 1450 - 1523 VENICE THE BEHEADING OF ST. BLAISE
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 120,000 USD
measurements note 304 by 193mm; point of the brush and colored washes and pen and brown ink
RESULTS OF SOTHEBY'S SALE OF OLD MASTER DRAWINGS HELD ON JANUARY 25th 2006 IN NEW YORK (More)
LOT 37
* GIOVANNI ANTONIO BAZZI, CALLED SODOMA VERCELLI 1477 - 1549 SIENA ST JEROME KNEELING IN FRONT OF A CRUCIFIX, A ROCKY ARCH BEHIND HIM AND A LANDSCAPE WITH A LAKE IN THE BACKGROUND
80,000—120,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 352,000 USD measurements 190 by 250mm
bears old attribution in pen and brown ink: del Sodoma and numbering in red chalk on the verso: 6603; pen and brown ink and point of the brush and gray wash
LOT 40
* BARTOLOMEO MONTAGNA ORZINUOVI CIRCA 1450 - 1523 VENICE THE BEHEADING OF ST. BLAISE
Estimate: 100,000—150,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 120,000 USD
measurements:304 by 193mm
point of the brush and colored washes and pen and brown ink
LOT 66
* GUIDO RENI CALVENZANO DI VERGATO 1575 - 1642 BOLOGNA
THE HEAD OF A WOMAN, LOOKING DOWN TO THE LEFT
Estimate: 40,000—60,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 117,000 USD
measurements:292 by 225mm;black and red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on blue paper faded to gray-green
* FRANCISCO JOSÉ DE GOYA Y LUCIENTES FUENDETODOS 1746 - 1828 BORDEAUX HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF MIGUEL DE MUZQUIZ, CONDE DE GAUSA Estimate: 120,000—160,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 352,000 USD
measurements:165 by 126mm
bears inscription in brown ink: Goya; and at the edge of the sheet annotated by the mount maker: 28.98 ?Cristal bluetè teinte et filets me Boulay. black chalk and graphite
LOT 101
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF PHILIP AND MURIEL BERMAN * GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO VENICE 1696 - 1770 MADRID HEAD OF AN OLD MAN, LOOKING UPWARDS
Estimate: 25,000—35,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 144,000 USD
measurements:409 by 305mm
red chalk heightened with white chalk, on blue paper
LOT 130
* WILLIAM BLAKE LONDON 1757 - 1827
OBERON AND TITANIA ON A LILY
Estimate: 400,000—600,000 USD Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 520,000 USD
measurements:211 by 162 mm
the upper part of a W visible lower right, perhaps a fragment of a signature
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Estimate: 120,000—160,000 USD 
