Cornelis Ploos Van Amstel
Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages...
Found at
Christies,
Amsterdam
DUTCH, FLEMISH AND GERMAN OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, Lot 200
8. Nov - 8. Nov 2000
DUTCH, FLEMISH AND GERMAN OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, Lot 200
8. Nov - 8. Nov 2000
Estimate: 20.000 - 30.000 NLG
Price realised: 23.404 NLG
Price realised: 23.404 NLG
Description
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798)
Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages...
the book, published by C. Josi, London; Artaria and Fontaine, Mannheim; and Van Cleef, The Hague and Amsterdam, 1821, with the certification dated 1 January 1827, the texts describing the works of the artists included, with introduction and etched frontispiece portraying Ploos van Amstel, with conclusion and lists of artists and prints, and including 84 (of 104 listed) etchings in the manière de crayon, partly printed in colours, and with Ploos van Amstel's coat of arms (Laurentius, Niemeijer and Ploos van Amstel 55 or a copy) on the reverse, some with folds or minor tears, most laid down on thick laid paper interleaves, 84 prints included in the following order (all final states if any, where no reference numbers for L.N.P. are given these are not recorded):
A violinplayer in a village, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 17); Farmers by a fireplace, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 59); The pig killers, after J. Saenredam (L.N.P. 41); Church interior, after H. van Vliet; River landscape with a mill, after A. van Borssum; The Winter king on the ice, after H. Avercamp (L.N.P. 8); Fruit still life, after J. van Huysum (L.N.P. 67); Boy leaning over a hatch, after S. van Hoogstraten (?) (L.N.P. 6); Woman leaning over a hatch seen from behind, after Rembrandt (?) (L.N.P. 5); Boy with a hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); A youth with hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); The interior of a house looking out, after an anonymous prototype; Roman ruins, after J. Lievens; A seated youth reading, after G. van den Eeckhout; A pensive youth in a hat standing, after G. van den Eeckhout; Botanists at a table, after
In the original marbled board and half marocco binding with gilt imprint on spine
Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages...
the book, published by C. Josi, London; Artaria and Fontaine, Mannheim; and Van Cleef, The Hague and Amsterdam, 1821, with the certification dated 1 January 1827, the texts describing the works of the artists included, with introduction and etched frontispiece portraying Ploos van Amstel, with conclusion and lists of artists and prints, and including 84 (of 104 listed) etchings in the manière de crayon, partly printed in colours, and with Ploos van Amstel's coat of arms (Laurentius, Niemeijer and Ploos van Amstel 55 or a copy) on the reverse, some with folds or minor tears, most laid down on thick laid paper interleaves, 84 prints included in the following order (all final states if any, where no reference numbers for L.N.P. are given these are not recorded):
A violinplayer in a village, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 17); Farmers by a fireplace, after A. van Ostade (L.N.P. 59); The pig killers, after J. Saenredam (L.N.P. 41); Church interior, after H. van Vliet; River landscape with a mill, after A. van Borssum; The Winter king on the ice, after H. Avercamp (L.N.P. 8); Fruit still life, after J. van Huysum (L.N.P. 67); Boy leaning over a hatch, after S. van Hoogstraten (?) (L.N.P. 6); Woman leaning over a hatch seen from behind, after Rembrandt (?) (L.N.P. 5); Boy with a hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); A youth with hat in an alcove, after S. van Hoogstraten (?); Two men at a table in a candle-lit interior, after Rembrandt (?); The interior of a house looking out, after an anonymous prototype; Roman ruins, after J. Lievens; A seated youth reading, after G. van den Eeckhout; A pensive youth in a hat standing, after G. van den Eeckhout; Botanists at a table, after
In the original marbled board and half marocco binding with gilt imprint on spine
A top price for Cornelis Ploos van Amstel - as previously expected
In November 2000 Christies in Amsterdam held the auction DUTCH, FLEMISH AND GERMAN OLD MASTER DRAWINGS, which included the work Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages... by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. The price achieved of NLG 23,404.00 (€ 10,964.40) was within expectations - the estimate range had previously been set by the auction house as NLG 20,000.00 – 30,000.00. Even if this result could not surprise positively, Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages... is the most expensive artwork by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel that we have observed at auctions so far.
Ein Spitzenpreis mit Ansage
Im November 2000 führte Christies in Amsterdam die Auktion DUTCH, FLEMISH AND GERMAN OLD MASTER DRAWINGS durch, in der auch die Arbeit Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages... von Cornelis Ploos van Amstel zur Versteigerung kam. Der dabei erzielte Preis von NLG 23.404,00 (€ 10.964,40) lag im Rahmen der Erwartungen – die Schätzpreisspanne war von dem Auktionshaus zuvor mit NLG 20.000,00 – 30.000,00 angegeben worden. Auch wenn das Ergebnis damit nicht positiv überraschen konnte, ist Collection d'Imitations de Dessins d'apres les principaux Maîtres commencée C. Ploos van Amstel, continué et portée au nombre de Cent Morceaux, Avec des Renseignemens historiques et detaillés sur ces Maîtres et sur leurs Ouvrages... das teuerste Kunstwerk von Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, das wi
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