Estate / Collection: The Collection of Joanne B. Breyer
Dutch, 1710-1792
An Ocelot from Surinam
Signed A. Schouman on the mount (lr); also inscribed along the lower margin of the same: Surinaamsch Tygerkatje:/als een groote huis kat:/in het Kabinet van Z.H. (a Tiger Cat from Surinam like a large house cat in the cabinet of Z.H.) Also inscribed similarly on the back (een tijgerkat, levens groot als een groote huys kat, int'Cabinet van Z.H. with a partially trimmed date 14.6.1769 (?)
Watercolor with black and brown ink and wash on paper, with brown ink framing lines
6 x 8 inches (15.3 x 20.3 cm)
Matted but unframed
Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: The Collection of Joanne B. Breyer
Dutch, 1710-1792
An Ocelot from Surinam
Signed A. Schouman on the mount (lr); also inscribed along the lower margin of the same: Surinaamsch Tygerkatje:/als een groote huis kat:/in het Kabinet van Z.H. (a Tiger Cat from Surinam like a large house cat in the cabinet of Z.H.) Also inscribed similarly on the back (een tijgerkat, levens groot als een groote huys kat, int'Cabinet van Z.H. with a partially trimmed date 14.6.1769 (?)
Watercolor with black and brown ink and wash on paper, with brown ink framing lines
6 x 8 inches (15.3 x 20.3 cm)
Matted but unframed
Auction: Old Master Paintings / Phipps Collection / Silver / English & Continental Furniture, Jan 28, 2025
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle's auction on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 will offer 19th Century & Old Master Paintings & Drawings as well as The Collection of Howard Phipps Jr., Erchless, Westbury.
The auction onWednesday, January 29 at 10am will feature English & Continental Decorative Arts and English & Continental Silver.
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