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May 2003 Fine Art and Antiques Auction Catalog

Aspire Auctions, Inc.


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Lots

Antiquities
1-10
11-20
Paintings
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-67
Works on Paper
68-82
83-97
98-112
113-127
128-142
143
Furniture & Decorative Arts
144-153
154-163
164-173
174-180
Porcelain, Pottery & Ceramics
181-190
191-200
201-210
211-220
221-222
Glass
223-231
Silver
232-241
242-251
252-253
Estate Jewelry
254-263
264-273
274-283
284
Orientalia
285-294
295-304
Oriental Carpets
305-313
Books, Photographs & Autographs
314-328
329-343
344-358
359-373
374-388
389-403


Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Italian 1551-1640)

68. Jacopo Chimenti, called Jacopo da Empoli (Italian 1551-1640)


Attributed, "Study for a fresco", red ink wash on paper, double matted and framed, image size apprx 9-1/2" x 11-1/2", overall apprx size 17" x 19-1/4". Compare with Christel Thiem. Florentiner Zeichner des Fruhbarock, catalogue #20.

1,500/2,500 Sold: $1,150.00

Judith With Head of Holofernes, Flemish, Late 16th Century

69. Judith With Head of Holofernes, Flemish, Late 16th Century


Pen and brown ink and wash on laid paper, no watermark. Figure against a distant landscape. Faint inscriptions "Judith" and "Holofernes" below each. Affixed along top margin and lower corners to backing paper.

1,000/2,000 Sold: $345.00

Roman Court Scene, 16th Century

70. Roman Court Scene, 16th Century


Pen and Ink on paper. "Collektion/ W. Seibt" stamped lower right. Graphite sketch of a woman feeding a bird on verso. Apprx image size 9" x 14-1/2". "G & I Honig" beehive watermark, visible chain lines. Tag and following information on verso: Romano works include: Palazzo de Te, at Mantua, Italy 1526 to 1534. A renaissance Italian painter and architect, also kown as Guilio Pippi, was a principal assistant to Raphael. From the collection of Professor Ferdinand Seibt (1927-April 2003), emeritierter professor at the Ruhr University Bochum and chairmen of the Collegium Carolinum in Munich.

500/1,000 Sold: $517.50

Dutch School, C.1600

71. Dutch School, C.1600


"Vulcanus and Sol," and "Marcurius and Bachus," double-sided drawing in pen and ink and brush and wash on laid paper, no visible watermark. Collectors stamp lower right verso, "E. Fabricius." Apprx paper size 6-1/4" x 7-1/4". After an engraving by Polidoro da Carravaggio.

1,000/2,000 Sold: $402.50

Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)

72. Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)


"A Hunter with Catch and Dogs". Copper etching on laid paper, "4" in upper right corner, 5-3/8" x 6-7/8" platemark.

200/300 Sold: $207.00

Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)

73. Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)


"Landscape with a Cottage", etching on wove paper, Paper has been trimmed within platemark; image apprx 5" x 6"

200/300 Sold: $207.00

Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)

74. Anthonie Waterloo (Flemish, 1610-1690)


From the "Traveler" series, two men in landscape scene with windmill in distance. Copper etching on laid paper, trimmed and tipped at four corners to woven paper. Image size apprx 4-1/4" x 6-1/4", not framed. Works in permanent collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Université de Liège Collections.

200/300 Sold: $207.00

Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish 1746-1828)

75. Francisco Goya y Lucientes (Spanish 1746-1828)


"Los Caprichos: Buen Viage". Plate 64, showing a winged devil with demons in flight. Apprx 8-1/2" X 6" platemark, Overall appx. 12" x 9-1/4". From a third or fourth edition, before the steel facing of the plate..

150/200 Sold: $184.00

Thomas Landseer (British 1795-1880)

76. Thomas Landseer (British 1795-1880)


"Several Studies of a Knee," double-sided drawing in black chalk (recto) abd graphite (verso.) Landseer was known for his watercolors of British genre, this sketch is from one of his sketch books, dated 1813. The sketchbook was purchased from Kenneth Rendell c.1977. Our client still has the sketch book. It is not for certain that the script is by Landseer, however the drawings are guaranteed to be by his hand. Measures appx 7" x 6". On verso of sketch; "When a man stands under a burden, as well as when he walks, the ankle of the foot is sustained by the continual action of those muscles in the tendons of which lay(?) under the arch." (In pen and brown ink.)

150/200 Sold: $247.25

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

77. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)


"Canada Jay". No. 47 and plate no. 234 from "The Birds of America", The First Royal Octavo Edition (1840 - 1844). Hand colored lithograph, matted, apprx image size 9" x 5-3/4", overall apprx size 15" x 11".

100/200 Sold: $103.50

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

78. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)


"Bonaparte's Flycatching - Warbler" from "The Birds of America", The First Royal Octavo Edition (1840 - 1844). no.15, pl. 73. Matted and framed, image size apprx 9- 1/2" x 10-3/4", overall apprx size 17-1/4" x 13".

100/200 Sold: $126.50

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

79. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)


"Cock of the Plains". No. 60 and plate no. 297 from "The Birds of America", The First Royal Octavo Edition (1840 - 1844). Hand colored lithograph, matted, apprx image size 6" x 9", apprx overall size 12" x 14-1/2".

150/200 Sold: $103.50

 John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

80. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)


"Pewee Flycatcher". No. 13 and plate no. 63 from "The Birds of America", The First Royal Octavo Edition (1840 - 1844). Hand colored lithograph, matted, apprx image size 9" x 5-3/4", overall apprx size 15" x 11".

100/150 Sold: $92.00

John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)

81. John James Audubon (American, 1785-1851)


"Blue Song Grosbeak," No. 41 and plate no. 204 from "The Birds of America", The First Royal Octavo Edition (1840 - 1844). Hand colored lithograph, matted and framed, apprx image size 6" x 9", apprx overall size 12" x 14-1/2".

100/200 Sold: $143.75

Samuel Palmer (English, 1805-1881)

82. Samuel Palmer (English, 1805-1881)


Third Edition of Hammerton's Engravings, c.1880. Signed initials lower left in plate, apprx 4-3/4" x 4-1/4" platemark, apprx image size 3-3/4" x 3", in a double mat. Palmer's work can be found in such institutions as the J. Paul Getty Museum, the National Gallery of Art, the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, the Bolton Art Gallery, the British Museum, London, UK and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the Leeds City Art Gallery and the Tate Gallery, respectfully.

300/500 Sold: $322.00

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