Key Lots from the December 5th Auction

 Lot 92

Herman Henstenburgh (1667-1726)

Bouquet

Watercolor and gouache on vellum

11 x 14 inches; Handsomely framed

Signed and dated lower right: H. Henstenburgh fecit… 1700

Estimate: $30,000 - 35,000

 Lot 93

Herman Henstenburgh (1667-1726)

Still-life with a monkey and a basket of flowers on a stone ledge

Watercolor and gouache within black framing lines, on vellum

Paper size: 16 1/2 x 12 3/4 inches

Framed: 25 1/2 x 21 7/8 inches

Signed l. r.: H. Henstenburgh. fec=

Provenance: Pieter van den Brande and/or Johan Pieter van den Brande, Middelburg; by descent to E. C. Baron van Pallandt; sold by

him, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 26 September 1972, lot 336; private collection

Estimate: $150,000 - 175,000

 Lot 99

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868) and Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-1858)

A Brazilian landscape with Indians encamped under palms by a river, a snake and crocodile in the foreground

Pencil, ink and watercolor on paper

Paper size: 18 1/2” x 14 1/2”;Handsomely framed

Inscribed along lower margin: Manicaria Saccifera/

Desmoncus orthacanthos Tab:98

Literature: C. F. P. von Martius, Historia Naturalis

Palmarum, II (De Brasiliae Palmis Singulatim) (Leipzig,

1823-1850), pp.87, 140-141, pl.98 (‘Manicaria

Saccifera/Desmoncus orthacanthos’).

Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

 

 Lot 102

Pancrace Bessa (1772-1846)

Peaches

Watercolor and gum arabic over pencil heightened with

touches of gold on the fly’s eyes, On vellum

8 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches

Estimate: $25,000 - 30,000

Lot 103

Jean Louis Prevost

Still-life with a bouquet of flowers and a bird's nest with eggs.

Oil on canvas,

12" x 15 1/2".

Signed and dated in lower left, "J. L. Prevost 1795."

Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

 Lot 108

Nicolas Robert (1614-1685)

Flamingo

Watercolor on vellum with gold fillets

14 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches

Framed: 20 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches

Estimate: $120,000 - 150,000

Guidance: Sold at Blanchet, Paris on March 17, 2010 for $152,334

 Lot 109

Nicolas Robert (1614-1685)

Northern Bobwhite (Female)

12 x 13 1/4 inches

Framed: 24 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches

Gouache on vellum with gold fillet

Paris, circa 1670

Estimate: $120,000 - 150,000

 

Lot 111

Nicolas Robert (1614-1685)

Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

12 x 13 1/4 inches

Framed: 24 5/8 x 20 5/8 inches

Gouache on vellum with gold fillet

Estimate: $120,000 - 150,000

 Lot 115

Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

Merlin; Falco aesalon; Falco columbarius Linnaeus

Study for John Gould The Birds of Great Britain, I, plate 19

Pencil and watercolor with bodycolor and gum arabic

Paper size: 21 x 14 1/2 inches; Handsomely framed

Estimate: $25,000 - 35,000

Lot 120

Joseph Bartholemew Kidd (1808-1889)

Pigeon Hawk (Falco Columbarius)

26 x 20 inches

Framed: 28 x 32 inches

Oil on canvas

Estimate: $100,000 - 150,000

Lot 121

Joseph Wolf (1820-1899)

Saker Falcons

Oil on canvas

Canvas size: 28 1/4" x 20"; Handsomely framed

Signed and dated lower right: J. Wolf 1864

Exhibited: Glenbow-Alberta Institute [now the Glenbow

Museum], Calgary Canada, “Birds of Prey”

Estimate: $120,000 - 150,000

 Lot 125

Prideaux John Selby (1788-1867)

Common Wild Goose

Original watercolor for "Illustrations of British Ornithology."

London, ca. 1820

Watercolor, gouache, grey and brown washes

Paper size: 20 x 17 5/8”; Handsomely framed

Signed lower left: PJ Selby

Estimate: $25,000 - 30,000

Lot 131

Prideaux John Selby, Black Grouse, male

Watercolor, gouache, grey and brown washes

18 1/8 x 16 5/8 inches; Handsomely framed

Signed lower right: PJ Selby

Estimate: $30,000 - 40,000