Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995)
Johannes Bronckhorst
A cuckoo and a wren
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January 25, 04:44 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995)
Johannes Bronckhorst
Leiden 1648 - 1727 Hoorn
A cuckoo and a wren
Watercolor and gouache on vellum, within black chalk framing lines;
signed with initials, lower left: J.B. fec: and inscribed in brown ink, verso: koekkoek en koninkje
249 by 342 mm; 9⅞ by 13½ in.
by descent to E.C. baron van Pallandt,
his sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 26 September 1972, lot 295;
A. Schwartz, Amsterdam,
by whose heirs sold Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 1994, lot 29,
where purchased by A.M. ('Ton') van den Broek (1932-1995), Haarlem (bears his mark, not in Lugt)
Johannes Bronckhorst, the eldest of three notable natural history artists from the Dutch town of Hoorn who also famously all worked as pastry-bakers, specialised in watercolors of exotic and indigenous birds, shown either individually or several to a sheet, taking the more scientifically based tradition of earlier artists such as Pieter Holsteyn and developing it in a more decorative direction. His pupil Herman Henstenburgh took this even further, and also often drew on Bronckhorst's works for inspiration.
As Robert-Jan te Rijdt first noted, the drawings sold from the Van Pallandt collection in Amsterdam in 1972 were almost certainly originally acquired during the period around 1700 by Johan Pieter van den Brande, in many cases probably directly from the artists. Kept in albums, far from the light of day, these drawings were all in superbly fresh condition, as this fine work by Bronckhorst remains to this day.
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