Egbert I Van Heemskerck

Egbert van Heemskerck the Elder (Haarlem c. 1634-1704London), Rustic interior, oil oncanvas, 40 x 52 cm, framed, This is a characteristic work by this Haarlem-basedpainter of genre and peasant scenes, whose best works areequal to those by Jan Miense Molenaer. Specialist: Dr. Alexander Strasoldo

LOT 137 PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION - EGBERT VAN HEEMSKERCK THE ELDER HAARLEM 1634/35 - 1704 LONDON A TAVERN INTERIOR WITH TWO PEASANTS MAKING ADVANCES ON A MAID,WITH FIGURES MAKING MUSIC BEYOND signed and dated lower left with monogram: EHK. 1676 (EH inligature) oil on panel 4,000—6,000 GBP measurements note 36.2 by 32.4 cm.; 14 1/4 by 12 3/4 in. signed and dated lower left with monogram: EHK. 1676 (EH inligature) Private collection, Switzerland;With Galerie Fischer, Lucerne;Acquired from the above for the present collection c. 1966-7. Accompanied by the certificate of Dr. Walther Bernt datedMunich, 17 November 1967.

Egbert van Heemskerk II (Haarlem c. 1634-c. 1704 London) The Temptation of Saint Anthony oil on canvas 16 x 21¼ in. (40.6 x 54 cm.) Provenance W.R. Winch, tea merchant, at North Mymms Park, Hatfield,Hertfordshire; (+), sale, North Mymms Park, 6 July 1888 (accordingto a label on the reverse). Lot Notes The collection of oriental bronzes, lacquer, porcelain,nineteenth-century pictures, watercolours and historical portraitsformed by the tea merchant W.R. Winch was sold in these Rooms insales on 13, 14 and 16 July 1888. The old label on the reverse ofthis picture seems to refer to a slightly earlier sale, on site atNorth Mymms Park, in which the present picture would have beenincluded.

Egbert van Heemskerck (Haarlem 1634/5-London 1704) A cobbler in his workshop oil on canvas laid down on board 74.5 x 62.6 cm. Provenance Mrs. Lawrence, Studley Royal, Yorkshire. Waller Heirlooms, Farmington Lodge, Northleach, Oxford; Christie's,London, 7 July 1900, lot 21, as 'Dutch School' (£6.16.6 to DeSalis). Cecile Fane de Salis, Esq., Holly Cross House, Henley on Thames;Christie's, London, 11 March 1932, lot 99, as 'Dutch School' (£6.6to Baliol). Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 10 November 2008, lot 98,where bought by the present owner.

LOT 90 THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH PRIVATE COLLECTOR EGBERT VAN HEEMSKERCK THE ELDER HAARLEM 1634/35 - 1704 LONDON A PEASANT FILLING HIS PIPE, SITTING NEXT TO A BARREL 6,000—8,000 EUR DESCRIPTION signed centre left: EHK (in compendium)/ Fecit oil on panel H. de Voles, no. 1355 (according to an inscription on the reverse); Rt. Hon. Lord Ashtown; By whom sold, as Abraham Diepraam (according to an old auction label on the reverse).