27 May 2026 - Old Masters, 19th Century & Early Modern Art

34 Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch (1924-1903) Polder workers by a windmill and cows resting in the shade signed ‘J.H. Weissenbruch f’ (lower left) watercolour on paper, 51x65 cm

€5,000 - €8,000

Literature: -Willem Laanstra, ‘Johan Hendrik Weissenbruch 1824-1903’, Amsterdam (Tableau) 1992, ill. p. 196, no. OA/51-1. -Eddy Schavemaker, Noortman Master Paintings, ‘One hundred master paintings’, Zwolle 2007, ill. p. 347, as: ‘whereabouts unknown’. Provenance: -With Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam (label attached to the frame). -Auction, Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 9 November 1961, lot 772 -With Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, The Hague. -Auction, Van Marle & Bignell, The Hague, 14 March 1976, lot 357, where acquired by the family of the present owner. Please compare to two oil paintings by the artist with the same composition, illustrated in: Laanstra 1992, nos. O16-1 and O/101-1.

35 Jacob Maris (1837-1899) Mill along the water side in winter signed ‘J Maris’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 125,5x93 cm

€10,000 - €15,000

Exhibited: -London, French Gallery, ‘Ninety-seventh exhibition at the French Gallery, 120, Pall Mall, London, S.W., of selected works by James Maris, Anton Mauve, H. Fantin Latour’, 1910-1911, no. 24. -Kikcaldy, Kirkcaldy Art Gallery, ‘Inaugural loan exhibition’, 1925, no. 22 (label attached to the frame). -The Hague, Gemeente Museum, ‘Maris tentoonstelling’, 8 February 1935-8 March 1936, no. 71a (label attached to the frame). -Aberdeen, Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums, ‘Paintings from North East Homes’, 1951-52. -The Hague, Gemeente Museum, ‘Meesters van de Haagse School’, 18 June-13 September 1965, no. 48 (label attached to the frame).

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Literature: -The Connoisseur, June 1910.

-James L. Caw, ‘The collection of pictures of the British, French and Dutch Schools belonging to John Reid’, Glasgow 1913, ill. p. 161. Provenance: -Auction, C.F. Roos, Amsterdam, 21 March 1899, lot 61. -With Kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen, 1899. -Collection J.B. Bennett & Sons Ltd., Glasgow. -Collection Sir John Reid, Glasgow, by 1913. -Collection Mrs E.M. Salvesen, Glasgow, by 1935. -Auction, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 18 April 2000, lot 225. Please compare to another painting by the artist with the same composition, but set in summer, sold at: Auction, Christie’s, Amsterdam, 2 May 1990, lot 157. Also, please compare to a watercolour by the artist with a similar composition where the trees in the foreground have been omitted, in the collection of Kunstmuseum, The Hague, inv. no. 0512739.

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