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JACOBUS BUYS | Two drawings depicting Antique ruins with portrait medallions
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Jacobus Buys
- Two drawings depicting Antique ruins with portrait medallions
- Both pen and gray ink and wash, over traces of pencil, within gray ink framing lines;both drawings signed, the first: lower left: J Buys. f. the second, lower right: J Buys f
- Each: 144 by 96 mm; 5 3/4 by 3 7/8 in
Provenance
Sale, New York, Christie's, 11 January 1994, part of lot 389,
where acquired by the present owners
where acquired by the present owners
Condition
Both hinge mounted along the upper edge to modern cream mounts. Both works remain in very fine condition, with the medium strong and vibrant throughout. Both sold unframed.
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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE 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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Robert-Jan te Rijdt has kindly informed us that these drawings are designs for illustrations, engraved by Reinier Vinkeles, to a Dutch edition of Plutarch (ed. E. Wassenbergh en H. Bosscha), De levens van doorluchtige Grieken en Romeinen, onderling vergeleeken..., 12 vols., Amsterdam 1789-1809. An impression of the print after one of the two drawings is in the Rijksmuseum.1 Two further drawings by Buys, similar in format to these and surely made in connection with the same project, are in the British Museum.2 1. Rijksmuseum inv.no. RP-P-OB-62.417
2. London, British Museum, inv. nos. 1943,1113.75 and 1943,1113.76
2. London, British Museum, inv. nos. 1943,1113.75 and 1943,1113.76