拍品专文
Comparable to Terwesten's drawings of the Four Continents from the Houthakker Collection, sold at Christie's, New York, 11 January 1994, lot 114, illustrated. King William III died in 1702.
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Design for an Overdoor: Allegory of King William III (?) in a medallion, flanked by a unicorn and a lion, slaves on each side, an angel blowing a horn above (recto); Sketch for a Decoration (verso)
细节
Attributed to Augustinus Terwesten (1649-1711)
Design for an Overdoor: Allegory of King William III (?) in a medallion, flanked by a unicorn and a lion, slaves on each side, an angel blowing a horn above (recto); Sketch for a Decoration (verso)
with calculations (verso)
black lead, pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines (recto), black lead (verso), watermark arms of Amsterdam
180 x 269 mm.
Design for an Overdoor: Allegory of King William III (?) in a medallion, flanked by a unicorn and a lion, slaves on each side, an angel blowing a horn above (recto); Sketch for a Decoration (verso)
with calculations (verso)
black lead, pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines (recto), black lead (verso), watermark arms of Amsterdam
180 x 269 mm.