ID:1959

Roman school of the 17th c, Roman prisoners marching, framed drawing in sanguine on paper with an irregular piece of paper glued at the top, with small rust spots. On the reverse, in sanguine and stump pencil, Antique scene with different figures. A small label “A T” is glued on, with the number 386 in pen, as well as other old annotations in ink.

9 ½” by 12 ¼” (24 cm by 31 cm)

ID:2036

Attributed to Pier Francesco Mola (Coldrerio near Lugano 1612-1666 rome), a framed drawing in pen and sepia ink, and sepia wash, on laid paper, Classical Figures in a Landscape, unsigned; inscribed “Pe F. Mola 1609-1665,” “No 50,” “6,” and “Collection of John Bailey” in pencil on verso; some wear to lower right.

Sheet size: 10 in by 7 ¼ in (25.4 by 18.4 cm)

ID:2333

Dutch school of the 17th c., A violent storm at the shore, black chalk with stumping and grey wash on a large sheet of laid paper, some creasing.

28 by 44 cm. (11 by 17 ¼ in.)

The mount carries an attribution to the 17th-18th c. artist Ludolf Bakhuisen, although comparison of this work with Bakhuisen’s oeuvre is not very convincing. More plausible is an attribution to Jacob Abrahamsz Bellevois (Rotterdam 1621 – 1676).

ID:2188

Venitian school, follower of Francesco Guardi (Venice 1712 – 1793), Boats in the lagoon, pen and brown ink and grey wash over an underdrawing in black chalk, on laid paper with an unidentified watermark.

9 by 10 ¾ inches (23 by 27.5 cm)

ID:2219

Attributed to Jacob Adriansz Backer (Harlingen 1609 – 1651 Amsterdam), Seated woman with a drape, black chalk and stumping with a white wash on beige prepared paper, 17th century, in a pearled giltwood frame, stains.

22 by 29 cm (8 ½ by 11 ½ inches)

Backer, or Baecker, a Dutch golden age painter, who was one of the few of the period who drew the human body from studio poses.