Allaert van Everdingen

Vente, Amsterdam, Ploos van Amstel et al, 18 décembre 1775, lot n° C.145 ;
Probablement Nicolas Nieuhoff, sa vente, Amsterdam, van der Schley et al, 14 avril 1777, dans lot n°Q.1262 ;
Vente anonyme, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 28 avril 1928, dans lot n°48 ;
Louis Deglatigny (L.1768a), Rouen ;
Sa vente, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 4 novembre 1937, lot n°153 (acheté par Dupin)

Paris, Galerie Claude Aubry, Dessins des écoles du nord dans les collections privées françaises, 1974, n° 45 (comme plume et encre brune), repr. pl. 47

A. I. Davies, The Drawings of Allart van Everdingen, 2007, pp. 104, 370, n° 538 (avec précisions sur la provenance)

Overall condition good. Hinged at top with brown paper. Remains of further old brown paper hinges adhering to verso, bottom corners. Small tear, upper left margin, backed with brown paper. Slightly thin area, presumably from old mounting in an album, centre left edge. Very light foxing throughout, but overall visual impression good and strong. Foolscap watermark. Sold in a carved and gilded antique frame.
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Ce dessin provient d'une série, aujourdh'ui dispersée de représentations des mois de l'année (Davies, nos. 529-539). On peut l'identifier par un numéro de série au verso apposé vers 1700 par un collectionneur anonyme. Everdingen a produit un grand nombre de ce type de séries (voir Davies, pp. 97-109) ; mais c'est probablement la série la plus ambitieuse et désirable que l'on connaisse. Les dessins ont aussi un extraordinaire provenance.

This drawing, and lot 102, originate from a now dispersed series of representations of the months of the year (Davies, n° 529-539), identifiable by a distinctive number on the verso, inscribed in around 1700 by an unidentified collector. Everdingen made a considerable number of such series (see Davies, pp. 97-109), but this probably the most attractive and ambitious of them all. The drawings also have an extraordinary, distinguished provenance.