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Frederick van Valckenborch
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Frederick van Valckenborch
- Landscape with riverside buildings behind a clump of trees
- Pen and brown ink and wash
Provenance
Bears unidentified collector's mark, verso (L.44a/1123a), associated with drawings by Valckenborch formerly in an album owned by Friedrich von Habsburg-Lorraine (1865-1932);
the album placed by him on deposit at the Albertina, Vienna;
subsequently sold in 1919 to M. Hirsemann, Leipzig;
with Gustav Nebehay, 1928, who dispersed the album;
Ernst Jürgen Otto (L.873b)
Condition
Small repaired tears, bottom right corner and lower left edge. Some light staining and foxing, and paper a little dirty. Ink slightly faded, but still very readable.
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"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This must be a previously unidentified sheet from a sketchbook of some 55 topographical views and landscape capricci, made by Valckenborch during a journey through South Germany and the Tyrol in 1598-9.1
1. E. Benesch (ed.), 'Frederick van Valckenborch. Part V', Otto Benesch. From an Art Historian's Workshop, Lucerne 1979, pp. 45-76