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Lodewijk Toeput, called Pozzoserrato
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Lodewijk Toeput, called Pozzoserrato
- Recto: View of an Italian walled city with a river; Verso: A house with a 'pergolato'
- Pen and brown ink (recto and verso) reinforced with point of the brush and grey wash (recto) over black chalk (verso);
extensively inscribed in brown ink along the upper edge, only partly legible:..dali boschi i arbori nella terra pui...., and also inscribed throughout the composition with colour notations and numbers;
bears old attribution in pen and brown ink, lower right: A. Carats; and in pencil on the verso: Carats
Condition
Window mounted. Within brown ink framing lines on the recto. Some tiny nicks and losses along the margins. A light water stain to the left from the bottom margin vertically to the height of the first two towers in the drawing. Some slight soiling along the upper corners and some buckling of the paper at the margins. The verso shows the same slight water stain and some staining at the top margin.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The style of the present sheet appears quite close to a view by Pozzoserrato of the Monastery at Yuste, in the Albertina, Vienna, a sheet that is similarly inscribed along the top edge in a very similar hand.1 The city depicted must be in the Veneto, and is possibly Bassano del Grappa.
1. Vienna, Albertina, inv. no. 26. 336; see T. Gerszi, 'The Draughtsmanship of Lodewijk Toeput,' Master Drawings, vol. XXX, no. 4, 1992, p. 380, reproduced fig. 16