LAWRENCE STEIGRAD FINE ARTS

Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and British Portraits

Museum Sales
 



HARMEN HALS (Haarlem 1611 - Haarlem 1669)

A Merry Couple

signed in monogram and dated 1648 in the middle right

oil on panel

16 1/4 x 12 5/8 inches   (41 x 32 cm.)

Sold to the Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem, The Netherlands







FOLLOWER OF OSIAS BEERT I (Circa 1605-1630)

Almonds, Oysters, Sweets, Chestnuts, and Wine on a Wooden Table

bears signature D. D. Heem with the second and third initials conjoined in the lower left foreground

oil on panel

18 1/8 x 25 ¾ inches          (46.1 x 68.5 cm)

Sold to the Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN


CORNELIA TOE BOECOP (Kampen after 1561 – probably Sint-Michielsgestel 1630 – 1634)

Portrait of Ott van Bronckhorst

signed, inscribed, and dated on the book in the lower left AETATIS/SVAE .52/ANNO 1606: ~ (on the left page); J. Cornelia toe/ Boecop genamt/ Hrderúijk heft/ dijt gemaect:s  ∞ (on the right page)

Charged with the sitter’s coat-of-arms in the upper right

oil on panel

37 7/8  x 30 ¼ inches           (96.2 x 76.3 cm)

Sold to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


GERMAN SCHOOL, circa 1776

The Prince of Waldeck with Possibly Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder or Johann Friedrich August Tischbein Viewing The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West: A Pair of Drawings

12 1/2 x 10 1/5 inches (317 x 259 mm) each

ink, pencil, and brown wash on paper

one inscribed la mort Du /gen: Wolf/par West.
both stamped on the reverse with collector’s mark of Mortimer Brandt

Sold to the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan


ALBERT-ÉMILE ARTIGUE (Buenos Aires 1850 – Paris 1927)

Fleurs de Printemps

signed A.E. Artigue in the lower right with the first two initials conjoined

oil on panel

39 x 51 inches          (99.5 x 130 cm)

Sold to the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan


NICOLAES MAES (Dordrecht 1634 – Amsterdam 1693)

Portrait of a Boy in Classical Dress with a Bullfinch and Spaniel

oil on panel, in a painted oval

17 x 12 inches          (43.3 x 30.5 cm)

Sold to the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota


CORNELIS JACOBSZ. DELFF (Gouda 1570/1571 – Delft 1643) 

Jacob’s Dream

signed C. J. Delff with the second and third initials conjoined in the lower left center

oil on canvas

37 ⅝ x 61 13/16 inches          (95.6 x 157 cm)

Sold to the Museum Prinsenhof Delft, Delft, The Netherlands


GOTTFRIED LIBALT (1610? – Vienna 1670) 

A Cavalier with a Monkey

inscribed on the reverse No. 2

brown ink and bistre on beige paper

9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches          (24.5 x 15.5 cm)

Sold to the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, New Jersey


GABRIEL CORNELIUS RITTER VON MAX (Sloup v Čechách, Bohemia 1840 – Munich 1915)

The Martyrdom of St. Ludmilla

signed and dated G. MAX. and dated 864. in the lower left, inscribed on the reverse W93170

oil on canvas

35 7/16 x 39 inches          (90.4 x 100.1 cm)

Sold to The Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York


JAN MYTENS (The Hague 1613/1614 - The Hague 1670)

Portrait of a Family Group by an Ornamental Fountain in a Pastoral Landscape

signed and dated A°: 1663. Mytens F: (with the signature partially effaced)[1] in the lower left center

oil on canvas

51 ⅜ x 61 ¾ inches          (130.6 x 156.8 cm) 

Sold to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand


JACOB VAN LOO (Sluis c. 1614 – 1670 Paris)

An Allegorical Vanitas with Homo Bulla and Vrouw Wereld (Man is Like a Bubble and Lady World)

signed J.V.Loo and dated An. 1654 center left

oil on canvas

47 3/4 x 34 3/8 inches          (121.2 x 86.9 cm) 

Sold to the Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Kentucky 


JAN CORNELISZ. VAN LOENEN (Utrecht [?] 1580/1600 – after February 21, 1634/1663)

Portrait of Willem van der Muelen, Age 3

signed and dated in the lower right center I. Van Loenen Fe. 1634 and inscribed in the upper left AETATIS with the first two letters conjoined SVAE 3. with the last two letters conjoined, and numbered on the reverse 3, 17, and 21

oil on panel

44 ½ x 33 ¾ inches          (113.6 x 85.7 cm) 

Sold to the Fritz Behrens Foundation for the Landesmuseum Hanover, Germany

 


NICOLAAS BAUR (Harlingen 1767 – Harlingen 1820)

The Women’s Speed-Skating Race on the Westersingel in Leeuwarden, January 21, 1809

signed and dated N. Baur 1810 in the lower right

oil on canvas

23 ½ x 29 ½ inches          (59.7 x 74.9 cm) 

Sold to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam


SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY (Burford 1753 – Hampstead 1839)

Portrait of William Ellis Gosling, 1800

Inscribed on the reverse Master Gosling and numbered 536

oil on canvas

47 x 32 inches          (119.3 x 81.3 cm)

Sold to the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas 

 


FLEMISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1620’s

A Vanitas Still Life with a Skull, Flowers in a Glass, Quill in an Inkpot, Quill Case, Hourglass, Burning Candle, Open Book, and a Timepiece on a Ledge

inscribed in Dutch with the meaning of each of the objects and their reflection on the brevity of human life

oil on panel

17 × 26 inches          (43.2 x 66 cm) 

Sold to the Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan


FLEMISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1630'S

Pigs Knuckles on a Pewter Plate with Oysters and Wine Glasses on a Draped Table

oil on panel

11 x 14 inches          (28 x 36.8 cm) 

Sold to the El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas


BRITISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1620

Portrait of Thomas Morgan of Machen (B. 1568)

Inscribed Aetatis Suae. 52/ Thos. Morgan of Machen in the upper left and dated Ano Dm. 1620 in the upper right

oil on panel, In a Tredegar House pattern frame

42 × 32 inches          (106.7 × 81.3 cm)

Sold to Tredegar House, Newport, Wales


WILLIAM AIKMAN (Cairnie, Forfar 1682 – London 1731)

Portrait of Colonel Alexander Campbell of Finab

Inscribed Alex Campbell of Finab. AD. 1715 Aetatis 46. in the lower left, and inscribed Alexander Campbell of Finab. / Aet. 46 AD. 1715. / Aikman Pinxt. on the reverse

in a painted oval, oil on canvas

29 × 24 inches          (73.7 × 62.3 cm)

Sold to the The Black Watch Regimental Museum, Balhousie Castle, Perth, Scotland


UNIDENTIFIED AMERICAN ARTIST, C. 1850

A Family Group Portrait

oil on canvas

55 ¾ × 72 inches          (141.6 × 182.9 cm) 

Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of the William Cullen Bryant Fellows


BRITISH SCHOOL CIRCA 1850-1860

Design for a Naval Presentation Sword

pen and gray wash heightened in white on tracing paper

15 x 11 inches           (39 x 29.5 cm)

Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


BRUGES SCHOOL-EARLY SIXTEENTH CENTURY

The Lamentation of Christ

oil on panel

17 x 12 inches          (43.2 x 29.9 cm)

Sold to the La Salle University Art Museum, Philadelphia


FRANCIS COTES

Portrait of a Gentleman

oil on canvas

49 ½ x 39 inches          (126 x 99 cm)

Sold to the Rienzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston


GIACOMO DEL PO (Rome 1652 – Naples 1726)

The Adoration of the Shepherds

inscribed "Giacomo del Po Ducati sei" in the lower left

pen and ink with chalk on paper

17 1/5 x 25 inches          (43.7 × 63.5 cm)

Sold to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson

 


FRENCH SCHOOL CIRCA 1860 – 1880

Design for a Presentation Sword

ink and watercolor on paper

45 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches          (115 × 24.9 cm) 

Sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

 


SIR JOHN WATSON GORDON (Edinburgh 1788 – Edinburgh 1864)

Portrait of Thomas Allen with his Mineral Specimens

oil on canvas

29 1/2 × 24 1/4          (74.9 × 61.6 cm) 

Sold to the Natural History Museum, London, England


ANGELICA KAUFFMAN (Coire, Switzerland 1741 – Rome 1807)

Portrait of Thomas Reade, circa 1775

signed Angelica Kauffman Pinx in the lower left

oil on canvas

30 × 24 ¾ inches          (76.2 × 62.7 cm) 

Sold to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Foundation Corboud, Cologne


SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE, P.R.A. (Bristol 1769 – London 1830)

Portrait of Sir Samuel Shepherd (1760 – 1830)

oil on canvas

50 1/2 × 40 1/2 inches          (128.2 × 102.9 cm) 

Sold to The Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

 


MASTER OF THE FOUNTAIN OF LIFE (late fifteenth – early sixteenth century)

The Mass of Saint Gregory

oil on panel

36 ¼  x 30 ¾ inches           (92.1 x 78.1 cm)

Sold to the Museum Catharijneconvent, Utrecht


ANTHONIE PALAMEDESZ (Delft, 1600/01 – Amsterdam 1673)

Portrait of an Elderly Woman

signed "A, Palamedes pinxit" with A and P conjoined, and dated A 1664 in the left center

oil on canvas

39 × 32 inches          (99.1 × 81.3 cm)

Sold to the University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson


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