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26 March | Old Master, British and European Art

Auction date Wednesday 26 March 2025 11:00 - 17:00 GMT

GASPAR PEETER VERBRUGGEN (FLEMISH, 1664-1730)

Wednesday 26 March
Lots 801- 1001 Old Master, British & European Art 11am

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Payment
Payment to be received by bank transfer or on collection by 2nd April

Lot 801 Unsold

FOLLOWER OF PIETER AERTSEN

The Crucifixion
oil on panel
43 x 35cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 33 (as Pieter Aertsen and Assistant);
Private collection, UK

Condition reportThere is a vertical split to the panel, left of centre and a few flecks of…

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

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Lot 802 Unsold

SOUTH NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, 16TH CENTURY

Madonna and Child
oil on panel
23 x 17.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997 (as Studio of Michiel Coxie the Elder);
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

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Lot 803 Unsold

FOLLOWER OF DAVID VINCKBOONS

Figures on a woodland track outside a village
oil on panel
49 x 110cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

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Lot 804 Unsold

AFTER ANTHONY JANSZ VAN DER CROOS

View of Leiden
oil on panel
60 x 48.5cm

Provenance
G. O. Farrer;
Countess de la Fregonniere Sale, Christie’s, London, 20th May 1955, lot 80 (as Jan Vermeer of Haarlem);
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 171 (as Pieter Cosyn);
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 805 Sold

FOLLOWER OF JAN WIJNANTS

Coastal landscape with a town in the distance
indistinctly signed (lower right)
oil on canvas
24 x 32.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Hammer price: £260

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 806 Unsold

FOLLOWER OF PIETER BOUT

A village fete
oil on canvas
39 x 54.5cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 253 (as Pieter Bout);
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 807 Unsold

CIRCLE OF HENDRICK MOMMERS

Figures with livestock by a fort
oil on canvas
88.5 x 102cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

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Lot 808 Sold

FOLLOWER OF FRANS SNYDERS

Dogs with a cockerel
oil on canvas
98.5 x 154cm

Provenance
Private collection

Condition ReportCanvas has an old relining; the paint surface is dirty with a discoloured varnish;…

Hammer price: £1,400

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 809 Sold

ATTRIBUTED TO THE PSEUDO VAN KESSEL

Still life of flowers and fruit
oil on panel
15 x 21cm

Provenance
Sale, Dorotheum, 4th December 1973, lot 16 (as Abraham Brueghel);
Sale, Sotheby’s, London, 10th July 1974, lot 79 (as Abraham Brueghel);
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 79;
Private collection, UK

Hammer price: £3,500

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

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Lot 810 Unsold

SCHOOL OF JEAN-BAPTISTE MONNOYER

Still life of flowers
oil on canvas
76 x 62.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

PROVENANCE: The Collection of Leonard Messel, Nymans, West Sussex. Condition reportThe canvas has…

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 811 Unsold

GASPAR PEETER VERBRUGGEN THE YOUNGER (FLEMISH, 1664-1730)

Still life with tulips, roses, crown imperials, nasturtiums, peonies, lilies, oranges and grapes around a fountain
signed 'Gasper. P. Verbruggen.f.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
138 x 115cm

We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer of the RKD, The Hague, who has confirmed the attribution to Gaspar Pieter Verbruggen II, on the basis of photographs, and dates this picture to the 1690s.

ProvenanceWith Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh;Thought to have been acquired from the above by…

Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000

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Lot 812 Sold

NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

The Virgin Mary reading
oil on canvas
91 x 71.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Condition ReportCanvas relined; extensive craquelure pattern to paint surface, scattered surface…

Hammer price: £1,200

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 813 Unsold

RUSSIAN ICON, 19TH CENTURY

Madonna and child, St George and the dragon, and a Saint holding a book
on panel
35 x 24cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 814 Sold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Rawdon (nee Thorowgood)
inscribed 'AETATIS SVAE 76' (upper left) and 'ANO 1667' (upper right)
oil on canvas
75.5 x 64cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Footnote
For an engraving of the same image by Robert White after an Unknown artist, see National Portrait Gallery, NPG D30572.
Lady Elizabeth Rawdon was the wife of Sir Marmaduke Roydon (Rawdon) (1583-1646) and the daughter of Thomas Thorowgood of Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.

Hammer price: £260

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 815 Unsold

MANNER OF JACOB TOORENVLIET

A Fishwife
oil on canvas
24 x 19cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 11 (with A Rabbi);
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 816 Unsold

MANNER OF JACOB TOORENVLIET

A Rabbi
signed with initials
oil on canvas
24 x 19cm

Provenance
Sale, Phillips, London, 2nd December 1997, lot 11 (with A Fishwife);
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

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Lot 817 Sold

AFTER EBERHARD KIESER

Portrait of Franciscus A Sickingen on horseback
inscribed 'FRANCISCUS A SICKINGEN EQUES acMILES FORTISIMUS' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
72 x 53cm

Hammer price: £300

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 818 Sold

DUTCH SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY

Portrait of a lady
oil on canvas
68.5 x 58.5cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Hammer price: £900

Estimate: £500 - £800

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Lot 819 Unsold

FOLLOWER OF GERRIT VAN HONTHORST

Portrait of a gentleman in armour
with a coat of arms with a lion rampant (centre left)
oil on panel
72 x 52.5cm

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

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Lot 820 Unsold

ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Portrait of a girl holding a basket of flowers
oil on canvas
76 x 65cm

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 821 Sold

AFTER JOHN RILEY

Portrait of King James II
inscribed 'James 2nd' (centre left)
oil on canvas
76.5 x 64cm, oval

Provenance
Private collection, UK

The present work is based on James II when he was Duke of York by John Riley (1646-1691) held at Audley End House in Essex.

Condition reportThe canvas has been relined; some scuffing to the the varnish, upper right; traces…

Hammer price: £3,800

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

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Lot 822 Sold

CIRCLE OF CONSTANTIJN NETSCHER

Portrait of a lady wearing a red dress
indistinctly signed (lower left)
oil on canvas
87 x 69cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Hammer price: £1,300

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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Lot 823 Sold

AFTER BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO

St John the Baptist with a Lamb
oil on canvas
126 x 82cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Hammer price: £240

Estimate: £200 - £400

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Lot 824 Unsold

FLEMISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1700

A family celebration
oil on canvas
84 x 59cm

Provenance
Private collection, UK

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

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Total lots: 200

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