Royal and Noble
Royal and Noble
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JHR. IR. G.C. (GIJS) SIX VAN WIMMENUM (1892-1975)
A PORCELAIN CIRCULAR PLAQUE, CIRCA 1780, DUTCH, ATTRIBUTED TO LOOSDRECHT
Auction Closed
January 21, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF JHR. IR. G.C. (GIJS) SIX VAN WIMMENUM (1892-1975)
A PORCELAIN CIRCULAR PLAQUE, CIRCA 1780, DUTCH, ATTRIBUTED TO LOOSDRECHT
probably a cover from a box, painted to the interior with an elegant seated company playing cards on a terrace befroe a garden and townscape in the background, the wave-moulded exterior painted with flowers and reserved to the centre with a green-ground monochrome vignette of a figure in landcape
8.1 cm. diameter, 3⅛ in.
J.A.C. Bosch Reitz (1831 – 1913);
S.C. Bosch Reitz (1860-1938);
his godson and nephew Jhr. ir. G.C. (Gijs) Six van Wimmenum (1892 – 1975);
Thence by descent
The gentile scene of card players is reminiscent of the engravings of Jean-Michel Moreau and his school. By family tradition it is thought to represent Joannes de Mol, the founder of the Oud-Loosdrecht factory. The terrace recedes into a formal garden and the town in the background is believed to represent Loosdrecht. The quality of the painting and the intimate nature of the subject suggests a personal gift to an important patron. For such an item one would expect one of the factory's leading decorators, perhaps Fiddelle Duvivier to be entrusted with its execution.