- 124
Margareta de Heer
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Margareta de Heer
- Two ducks in a landscape
- Pen and brown ink and watercolour and gouache on vellum;
signed on the gnarl of a tree in black ink, lower centre: Margareta de Heer / Fecit
Provenance
Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 12 November 1996, lot 118
Condition
Window mounted. The mount is laid on top of the vellum and therefore the edges of the sheet are not visible to condition inspect. Overall it is in good condition with colours remaining strong. There are a few areas, more so in the upper section of the sheet, where there are losses to the medium. The vellum has buckled slightly but this is the nature of this material.
Sold framed.
"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."
"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
Margareta de Heer worked for most of her career in Friesland, where she married the painter Andries Pietersz. Nieuhoff. De Heer's known oeuvre consists of some forty works, of which the earliest is a 1644 still life with shells and insects in the Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, with most of the others probably dating from the 1650s. The majority of de Heer's compositions are either still-life or farmyard/country scenes such as the present lot. Another similar composition, Cockerels and Chickens in a Farmyard was sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 5 November 2002, lot 146.