137 Attributed to Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798), after Cornelis Troost (1696-1750) Used clothes dealer with signature and date ‘C Ploos/1745’ (lower left) oil on panel, 48x37 cm
138 Jacob Theodorus Abels (1803-1866) Houses on the banks of a moonlit river signed with monogram ‘JA f’ (lower right) oil on panel, 27x21 cm
This painting is a copy after the drawing made by Cornelis Troost in 1738, in: J.W. Niemeyer, ‘Cornelis Troost 1696-1750)’, Assen 1973, p. 282, no. 429 T. In 1758 Cornelis Ploos van Amstel married Elizabeth Troost (1730-1790), daughter of Cornelis Troost. They had already known each other for years, as Ploos van Amstel was a collector of her father’s work. The brother of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, doctor and littérateur Jacob Ploos van Amstel (1735-1784), married to the other daughter of Cornelis Troost, Sara Troost (1732- 1803) in 1778.
€1,000 - €1,500
Provenance: -In the collection of the family of the present owner for over 60 years.
€1,000 - €1,500
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139 Paulus Constantijn la Fargue (1728-1782) Gentlemen at a card game signed and indistinctly dated ‘Paulus Constantijn/adviv del. 17’ (centre right); watermark ‘VI’ grey pen and watercolour on paper, 27,5x35 cm
140 William Powell Frith (English, 1819-1909) Honeywell introduces the bailiffs to Miss Richland as his friends signed and dated ‘W.P. Frith. 1878.’ (lower right) oil on panel, 25x36,5 cm
Provenance: -Possibly collection Juda de Benjamin Senior y Senior (1718-1782), Amsterdam; Possibly his auction, Smit, Amsterdam, 4 November 1782, lot 25. -Possibly collection Isaac Nepveu (circa 1713-1782), Amsterdam; Possibly his auction, Van der Schley, 23 February 1784, lot 645. -Possibly collection Theodorus van Duysel (1708-1784), The Hague; Possibly his auction, Van der Schley, 11 October 1784, lot 617. -Auction, Venduehuis DickHaut, Maastricht, 10-11 October 2000, lot 412. Please compare this lot to an oil on panel by the artist with a similar composition - of five gentlemen smoking Gouda pipes, two gentlemen playing cards and one who has fallen asleep – sold at: Auction, New Raritet Gallery, Vienna (possibly 2020).
€800 - €1,200
Executed circa 1775.
The present lot depicts a scene from the 1768 comedy play ‘The Good-Natur’d Man’ written by the Irish author Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774).
€1,000 - €1,500
We are grateful to Charles Dumas for his help in cataloguing this lot.
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